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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·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

Festivals·India·Top Stories

Janmashtami – 4 September 2026

More than five thousand years ago, in a prison cell in Mathura, the sky itself seemed to conspire with fate. Thunder rolled, rain fell in sheets, and the Yamuna swelled as if straining toward the child about to be born. At the

August 14, 2026

India·The Jungle·Top Stories

Ladakh To Launch India’s First High-Altitude Wildlife Safari

Ladakh is preparing to launch India’s first high-altitude wildlife safari, following approval from Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena for guided jeep safaris on snow leopard and birdwatching trails across the region. Modelled on safari operations at Kaziranga and Ranthambore, the initiative will

August 11, 2026

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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

Ganesh Chaturthi – 14 September 2026

Janmashtami – 4 September 2026

Ladakh To Launch India’s First High-Altitude Wildlife Safari

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