Inspiring Travel Writing from Devanshi Mody: Page 2 of 7
Articles by Devanshi Mody: Page 2 of 7
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White Gold
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Devanshi Mody
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Italy
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Piedmont
If you haven’t a taste for clandestine nocturnal activities in cold wet fields involving truffle dogs, but you do have the palate for the pungent prestige food, this is the time of the year to relish the fruit (or the truffle, as the case...
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Desi Design
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Devanshi Mody
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India
For designer it certainly is, what with the flourish of glam new addresses, be they hotels, restaurants, bars or spas that have world-class style and panache. And, crucially, haven’t failed to catch the international eye. Here, dutifully...
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Death By Chocolate
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Devanshi Mody
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France
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Ile-de-France
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Paris
The temptation was to compile the finest chocolate desserts I have encountered anywhere in the world. It certainly sounds more appetising. However, I realised that about 99% of my list comprised French chefs, mostly in Paris. Why am I surprised? For...
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Daddy Cool - The World's Hottest Night Spots
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Devanshi Mody
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India
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Maharashtra
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Mumbai (Bombay)
Forget New York. The world has moved on. And the world’s hippest and most happening clubs, bars and lounges have moved east. Mumbai and Dubai are the party places. Paris and London have their own charms, whilst St Tropez and Monte Carlo are...
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Sex and the City: Where to go on a Hot Date in Colombo
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Devanshi Mody
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Sri Lanka
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Cultural Triangle
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Colombo
But romancing also requires imagination, and to make things more exciting, we’ve included more subtly sexy venues. If beauty’s in the eye of the beholder, then romance is in the imagination of the lover. But a good lover sees...
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Global Gate-Crashing: The New Trend in Travel?
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Devanshi Mody
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France
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Riviera Cote d'Azur
The last category comprises the significant number of guests who are, um, uninvited, but who systematically and compulsively insinuate themselves everywhere, from Andy Wong’s London parties to Sharon Stone’s Cannes parties to Abramovich’s high-...
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Thirteen Reasons to go to Paris
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Devanshi Mody
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France
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Ile-de-France
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Paris
1. Le DoyenThis golden yellow restaurant, Paris’s prettiest, has graced Les Champs Elysée since Louis XVI’s époque. Enchantingly ensconced in lush, blooming gardens, its lavish 19th-Century interiors with gilded mirrors and sumptuous upholstery...
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Watch, Be Watched, Bewitch at the Paris Opera
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Devanshi Mody
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France
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Ile-de-France
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Paris
And to think this masterpiece of 19th-century theatre architecture was almost not completed.The ‘New Opera’ was commissioned by Napoleon III in his ambitious project to transform the capital. In 1863, architect Charles Garnier began construction,...
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Behind the Scenes
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Devanshi Mody
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France
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Riviera Cote d'Azur
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Cannes
The show must go on. But on a more sensational scale this year, in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival.The rich and famous get off their private jets and on to their private yachts. But if you don’t own one, it...
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Colombo’s Best Designed Restaurants
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Devanshi Mody
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Sri Lanka
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Cultural Triangle
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Colombo
Yes, I mean Wallpaper-hailed Lalin Jinasena, whose break-all-the-rules unconventionality is refreshingly young, audacious and fun: Buddhist monk parasols become lamp shades, polystyrene-encased dried leaves form cushions - very cheeky, really....
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