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“Twenty-five years ago, a bull walked into the Lucknow Chikan Shop, a cloth store tucked away in the dusty folds of Varanasi. It stayed on for half a day. Paramanand Chhugani, the shop owner, rubbed his eyes…
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East, West, North and South…where in India can you enjoy camping to the max? We took the question to Aloke Bajpai, Founder and Partner of The Explorers. A certified mountaineer and skier,…
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Ted Grinewich-Yonashiro is a 36-year-old secondary English Language Arts teacher and travel writer who has been living in San Francisco since August of 2014. Before moving to California, he…
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Binoculars are an essential tool for birdwatching. Here’s how to use them best: Shorten the neck straps so that the binoculars are not thumping painfully against your stomach as you walk…
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Eric Maisel is the author of more than 40 books. His latest are Life Purpose Book Camp and Secrets of a Creativity Coach. He leads Deep Writing Workshops at locations…
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Noted photographer Archna Singh gave Travel Secrets writer Nirav Shah a quick tutorial in wildlife photography. Be extremely patient. I have had to wait for 4-5 hours while a leopard slept on…
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Our Italy Correspondent Paola Peruzzo lives in the beautiful town of Padova, Italy, 40 km west of Venice. She is a clinical pedagogist and correspondent for a Swiss periodical of…
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Tucked within the enchanting folds of the British Cotswolds, there are fields of gold. Burnished brighter by sunlight, those blooms glow like gold. Set sight on them once, and they…
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