Inspiring Travel Writing from Devanshi Mody
Articles by Devanshi Mody
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And You Thought You Knew… Mumbai
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Devanshi Mody
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India
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Maharashtra
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Mumbai (Bombay)
Everyone knows that... Mumbai is à la mode. Previously, the odd tourist dropped by. Now, it’s raining firangis (foreigners). Because everyone’s lured by the exploding economy, Bollywood’s glamour, Mumbai’s magic and...
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Arabian Bites
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Devanshi Mody
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Tunisia
Arabian Nights enchant. Arabian sites entrance. And Arabian bites are a gastronomic delight! The Middle East and North African restaurant razzmatazz can rival the finest anywhere in the world, even if they haven’t any Michelin Stars. But who...
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Gujarat
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Devanshi Mody
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India
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Gujarat
The French aristocracy is raving about Gujarat. Beats Rajasthan, they say. And snigger that if the English are still hooked on Rajasthan, “C’est parce que les Anglais ne savent pas mieux…” When the finicky aritos fran...
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East End Eateries
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Devanshi Mody
Thought you don’t go to the East End for world-class restaurants? Think again. Of course, you’d have to go beyond the EC post code zone, to as far as Eastern Europe’s Prague, Budapest and Bucharest. The globe-trotting gastronome...
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A Buzz About Budapest
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Devanshi Mody
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Hungary
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Budapest Region
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Budapest
Then, Four Seasons came along, took over the historic Gresham Palace, painstakingly restored it and transformed it into one of the world’s most talked about hotels. So the rich and famous came along to check it out. And the not-so-rich-and-...
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Copenhagen Capers
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Devanshi Mody
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Denmark
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Zealand
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Copenhagen
A gentleman escorts me to a Jaguar and off we go. He very kindly takes the time and trouble to give me a whirlwind tour of the city. I ask if it's a holiday, seeing nobody in the vast, empty streets. It isn't. But the sense of immense bareness is...
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A Wild One
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Devanshi Mody
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India
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Rajasthan
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Ranthambhore Nature Reserve
Once teeming with tigers, Ranthambhore was the pleasure pasture of the maharajahs during an era of Indian royalty when princes seem to have done little else besides embarking upon shikaars. Some surviving princes reminisce fondly about hunts and...
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Romantic Getaways: India's Niftiest Love Nests
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Devanshi Mody
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India
The prerogative of the readers of ultra-exclusive international publications, these world-class love-inducing abodes are set to seduce all you aspiring Romeos and Juliets... Fateh Garh: Castle in the Air Scale the heights of passion at the hottest...
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Party in Porto Cervo
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Devanshi Mody
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Italy
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Sardinia
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Costa Smeralda/Porto Cervo
The Aga Khan discovered Sardinia’s Costa Smeralda, seeing in its brutally blue waters and untamed landscapes the potential for a jet-set destination. Whilst the rest of Sardinia remains rustic and rugged, Porto Cervo sizzles with the hottest...
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Suite Dreams: Preciously Piedmont
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Devanshi Mody
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Italy
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Piedmont
When Hamlet told Ophelia, “Get thee to a nunnery,” he probably didn’t anticipate how very naughty nunneries and monasteries could become in modern times. Would you have thought that a 17th-century monastery could be transformed...
