“RARE” Travel Experience with Shoba Mohan
Shoba Mohan of RARE has been introducing travelers to small, independent hotels that lack the usual frills of a star rated property but offer a unique experience. Q1. “RARE” represents boutique hotels in India; what is the profile of your travelers like? A typical...
I Will Climb A Mountain – Because I Want To!
Every time I look at the distance we as women have travelled, every time I look at the difference between past and present which is so stark and glaring, I am filled with a sense of pride. And I am sure every woman today would be too. There was a time we struggled for...
Taking the Road Less Travelled
As we drove down the forest road at dusk, my co-passengers in the jeep talked of animal sightings and the sundowners by bonfire that awaited us back home. It was a cool, damp-after-a-thunderstorm evening, with a freshly mixed misty mauve sky. The snow peaks around us...
A Survivor and a Conqueror – Neerja Malik
Seventeen years ago my father mentioned meeting a passionate, full-of-life cancer survivor in whom he saw a great deal of courage, and will to live. This was in 1996; in 2013 I am sitting in the same lady’s home in Chennai, waiting to interview her. Neerja Malik is...Elixir of Life
I met up with Geeta Sidhu-Robb at Pret A Manger. I had sent her an email asking if I could have a telephonic chat with her so that I could tell my audience her story. I thought it would inspire many a woman out there. She replied generously saying she would be...
