Chanel brings couture guests to Bois de Boulogne forest for its fall-winter collectionChanel ambassador Pharrell Williams rousingly kicked off proceedings before the "real" show began -- to soft music and even softer form.
06 Jul, 2022, 07.25 PM IST
Miro's 'The Caress of a Bird' to go under the hammer, expected to fetch nearly $7 mnMore than 40 monumental sculptures which have not been seen in decades will be on auction in Paris.
24 Jul, 2020, 05.30 PM IST
IndianOil helps save migratory birds in West Bengal"Hunting of birds by unscrupulous visitors and poachers has opened up this bird sanctuary to existential threat. In addition to that, the o...
12 Feb, 2020, 05.50 PM IST
View: Polarisation emerges holding its head high from Delhi resultsThe bird’s eye view of secular, democratic politics triumphing over sectarian politics of hate could, in other words, prove bird-brained. T...
11 Feb, 2020, 02.43 PM IST
Welcome 2019 in style: Go bird-watching, camping and beach hoppingTropical climate makes winter season the best time to visit Tadoba National Park.
27 Dec, 2018, 07.19 AM IST
Baby steps under the Annapurna: What trekking up to the peak with a 6-year-old meansThe Ghorepani-Poon Hill climb in Nepal promised to offer one of the finest Himalayan views. But was it foolhardy to attempt the trek with a...
16 Sep, 2018, 10.08 AM IST
Zambia's Victoria Falls: Stretching over 1.7 km with blinding spray and rainbowsVictoria Falls is determined to live up to its local name of Mosi Oa Tunya — the smoke that thunders. Indeed, the spray looks like a plume ...
14 May, 2017, 12.39 AM IST
Victoria’s secrets: Australian state which offers everything from master-chef dining to towering ApostlesMelbourne sprawls around and beneath: the beautiful classical architecture of Flinders Street train station, the controlled chaos of the wo...
19 Mar, 2017, 03.09 PM IST
- Central govt to shell out Rs 1 crore to upgrade vulture conservation breeding centre
Their decline has been faster than any other wild bird. But before vultures faded out completely from the Indian sky, the state forest depa...
25 Jun, 2013, 01.18 PM IST
- Borneo - Raw, Rough & Ravishing
Sudha Mahalingam never got closer to nature than on the gruelling trek through the steaming jungles of Borneo in search of the amazing oran...
11 Aug, 2011, 07.37 AM IST
- Mauritian temptations and ‘spirited’ connoisseurs Rum
Sugarcane-loaded scenery, tropical lushness, great food and drink made Mauritius a modern paradise for Kishore & Smita Iyengar.
14 Apr, 2011, 08.20 AM IST
From conception to inceptionLast night, your columnist dreamt of a spoonbill. The beautiful white bird with sulphur crest and liquid brown eyes was being held and repe...
31 Jul, 2010, 04.28 AM IST
- Macau: Authentically Portuguese, emphatically Chinese
Neeta Lal couldn’t get enough of the equal melange of east and west that is Macau, one facet is authentically Portuguese while the other is...
26 Jun, 2008, 01.19 AM IST
- Adrenalin venture: South Africa’s Drakensberg
South Africa’s Drakensberg region has every enticement possible, from get your heart thumping and your mind racing.
26 Jun, 2008, 01.09 AM IST
- Nilgiri brew: The ineffable charm
Kurumbadi in the Nilgiris in Tamil Nadu welcomed us with bouquets of flowers. Wild sunflower blooms painted the thick green shrubs on both ...
07 Feb, 2008, 12.09 AM IST
- Desert calling
Rajasthan is often expressed as a huge open-air museum with well preserved relics for the travellers.
27 Jun, 2007, 08.42 PM IST