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The Gated Community Opens In Juhu As Mumbai’s New Social Dining Destination

Mumbai has a new reason to slow down. The Gated Community opened in Juhu on July 24, a 3,500-square-foot restaurant designed around the idea that the city’s residents deserve a place that matches none of its usual pace. Behind the venture are

August 17, 2026

Hotels·India

V Escapes Launches Villa Moira, A Six-Bedroom Private Retreat In Goa

V Escapes has added Villa Moira to its curated portfolio of private residences, bringing a six-bedroom luxury villa to the village of Moira in North Goa. Set across a 4,200 square metre site populated with 62 mature trees, including mango and banyan

August 17, 2026

Hotels·India

CGH Earth Expands Into The Eastern Himalayas With Tea Estate Property

After four decades rooted in southern India, CGH Earth is venturing into new territory with its first property in the Eastern Himalayas. The Singell Tea Estate in Kurseong, West Bengal, marks the hospitality group’s debut beyond its traditional footprint, with a second

August 17, 2026

India·Top Stories

Pakoras: The Fritter That Became a Feeling

Long before it had a name in English, the pakora existed as pakvavata in Sanskrit texts, a compound word meaning simply “cooked lump.” Early traces appear in Sanskrit and Tamil Sangam literature: round cakes of lentil or vegetable fried in oil, described

August 14, 2026

India·Top Stories

Ajaypal Singh Banga – President of the World Bank

He was born Ajaypal Singh Banga in Khadki, in what was then Bombay State, the son of an army lieutenant-general whose postings moved the family across a young, restless India. He studied in Shimla, then Hyderabad, before economics at St. Stephen’s College

August 14, 2026

Hotels·India·Top Stories

Atmantan, Mulshi: Where the Hills Do the Healing

Atmantan sits on a crystal hill in the Sahyadris, forty-two acres of green folded into the hills above Mulshi Lake, close enough to Pune to reach in under two hours, far enough to feel like another world entirely. The name itself is

August 14, 2026

Hotels·India·Top Stories

Gogunda Palace: Rajasthan’s Best-Kept Royal Secret

Long before it was a hotel, Gogunda Palace was a van durgh, a forest fort built in the sixteenth century in the Aravalli hills between Udaipur and Kumbhalgarh. This was where Maharana Udai Singh II once took refuge, where Maharana Pratap was

August 14, 2026

Festivals·Sri Lanka·Top Stories

Kandy Esala Perahera – 18-28 August 2026

Two ancient rituals once walked separate paths in Sri Lanka. One, older still, was the Esala, an offering to the gods for rain, fertility, and good harvest, born in the dry heat of the third century BC. The other began in the

August 14, 2026

Bhutan·Festivals·Top Stories

Thimphu Tshechu – 21-23 September 2026

Centuries ago, Guru Rinpoche, revered as the Second Buddha, crossed into Bhutan and wove Buddhism into its mountains through sacred dance, subduing evil spirits and blessing the land with his teachings. In the 1670s, Gyalse Tenzin Rabgye, the fourth Desi of Bhutan,

August 14, 2026

Festivals·India·Top Stories

Ganesh Chaturthi – 14 September 2026

Long ago, as the story goes, Goddess Parvati shaped a boy from turmeric paste and breathed him into being, setting him at her door as a guardian while she bathed. When Shiva returned and found his path blocked by a stranger, a

August 14, 2026

The Gated Community Opens In Juhu As Mumbai’s New Social Dining Destination

V Escapes Launches Villa Moira, A Six-Bedroom Private Retreat In Goa

CGH Earth Expands Into The Eastern Himalayas With Tea Estate Property

Pakoras: The Fritter That Became a Feeling

Ajaypal Singh Banga – President of the World Bank

Atmantan, Mulshi: Where the Hills Do the Healing

Gogunda Palace: Rajasthan’s Best-Kept Royal Secret

Kandy Esala Perahera – 18-28 August 2026

Thimphu Tshechu – 21-23 September 2026

Ganesh Chaturthi – 14 September 2026

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