Major focus is on improving basic facilities in tourist destinations in Karnataka, says Tourism Minister H. K. Patil

It has been over a year now since H. K. Patil took charge as the Tourism Minister of Karnataka. In t...

Indonesian villagers dress corpses in ritual for the dead

A family on an Indonesian island poses with a relative dressed in a school uniform, while an elderly...

How Chettinad is outgrowing its 70 rooms

Several months before the third Chettinad cultural festival, Meenakshi Meyyappan had a pressing ques...

Architects list their favourite getaways

Le Corbusier and Chandigarh, B.V. Doshi and Ahmedabad, Frank Lloyd Wright and American cities, Tadao...

Durga Puja pandals | When Kolkata rivals the Venice Biennale

Every year, during Durga Puja, nearly three crore people visit Kolkata’s pandals — up for just five ...