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Vada Pav and Missal Pav were the two dishes that I wanted to have the moment I landed in Mumbai. And I did just that. In fact, over the two weeks that I spent in Mumbai, I had a Vada Pav and Missal Pav almost daily. Further, being a fan …

I’ve been a history buff ever since 8th grade when I was introduced to world history. From learning about the French revolution to the rise and fall of the mighty Ottoman empire, I was intrigued to learn how the modern-day countries were in the past. The Ottoman empire had quite …

If you take a page out of the history books, you’ll know that Gujarat and Maharashtra were once together. I won’t get into the details of what happened, but today both are two distinct states. However, if you visit the two states, you’ll find quite a few similarities. From people’s …

I’ve not travelled a lot compared to the travel influencers you see around you. However, I’ve been to places and spent so much time that I know a lot of towns and cities like the back of my hand. One of the best travel decisions that I made recently was …

“It’s a bright and sunny day here in Birmingham…” said the legendary Tony Greig as James Anderson steamed in from the pavilion end. The red Dukes ball bounces off the green pitch and goes past the batter. A test cricket match between India and England has always been special and …

For quite some time I thought that hostels were only for students. Having studied in a boarding school for years, for me hostel and dormitory meant it was for students. It was only when I started travelling, that I learnt about backpacker hostels for travellers. Mostly for solo travellers, backpacker …

Prior to my recent trip to Mumbai, I had heard and seen a lot of stories where people were offboarded at a station they didn’t intend to by the crowd. Hence, I was scared to get on a metro fearing that I’d miss my station because of the crowd. Fortunately, …

Every day thousands of people come to Mumbai, some for work, some for leisure. Unlike other metropolitan cities in India, Mumbai is vast. For anyone visiting Mumbai for the first time, you can be taken for a ride if you’re not aware of the geography. For a city of that …

A few weeks back I was in Mumbai to experience the Cordelia Mumbai High Seas Cruise. While most of my colleagues left, I decided to stay back and explore Mumbai. This was my first slow travel experience ever. It was a plan for 15 days during which I worked, fell …

How many of you remember those charts with modes of transport on them that we used to get during our primary school days? Train, Bus, Car, Plane, and Ship we’re a few of the diagrams on that chart. Back then flying in an aeroplane was a dream, thanks to Dad …