Volume 6, Number 2
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1 Travel Tickertape
Breaking Travel News

3 Elephant is Honored in Indian Mythology
Tracing the origin of the Indian elephant

6 Elephant Culture in Kerala
Jane Schreibman travels to Kerala to celebrate and photograph the Trichur Pooram, known as the Elephant Festival.

8 Discovering the Lost Art of Embroidery
Meher Castelino checks out the leading names in the business of embroidery in India

10 A Medical Balancing Act
The synergy of Ayuverda and Biotech Kamla Bhatt interviews the founders of two innovative companies, Ayurcore and Calyx Therapeutics

12 Sentinels of the Past
Brinda Gill explores the forts of Maharashtra

13 The Walled Palaces of Kaiserbagh
Lucknow is a city of gardens and palaces, and Kaiserbagh is one of the finest. Anil Mehrotra and Neeta Das offer a historical perspective of these ancient monuments

15 Pride of Tying Turbans
Crowns for the commoner Folded or twisted like a rope and tied in a myriad ways around the head. Brinda Gill examines the pride and practice of wearing turbans

18 A Piece of China in Kolkata
Susmita Ghosh visits Chinatown on the periphery of a city, once known as Calcutta

19 Rafting down the Bhagirathi
Joys of adventure travel by Nirad Grover

22 The Art of Laying Mughal gardens
Sandeep Silas walks through the royal gardens created by Mughal emperors

23 Untangling the Vines of Desire
Nosh Nalavala in conversation with novelist Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. Chitra discusses her recent novel, Vine of Desire

26 On a Journey with a Pahari American
Kamla Bhatt interviews Stephen Alter on his delightful book on the river Ganges

27 Discovering Ancient Roots
Reviewed by Suzanne Purdy

28 Presence of PATA in India
Four Decades of Exchange: A report by Nirad Grover