Subhasish Chakraborty takes a trip to Rajasthan, India’s incredible state that excites the senses with its wonderful food, historic cities and exciting culture.

Subhasish Chakraborty leads a group of French scientists into India's northern state of Nagaland and finds the remote area to be one of the most fascinating spots in the world.

During a visit to India, writer/photographer Gale Beeby is impressed by the cacophony of colour that surrounded her, no matter where she visited in this vast land.

Carmen Chai and a friend hop on a houseboat to enjoy the wonders of South India around Kerala.

Rosalind Cummings-Yeates takes part in the annual Navrati dance festival and comes away impressed.

NEW DELHI - Bearded men in white caps and other head coverings milled around the entrance to the old Muslim neighbourhood of Nizamuddin Basti, or Nizamuddin Village, in New Delhi.

SRINAGAR, INDIA - The moment I land at the airport in this Kashmiri outpost, which is dominated by majestic mountains and lakes, a driver picks up my family and takes us directly to the houseboat moored on nearby Dal Lake, where we’ll be staying for the next few days.

MUMBAI - The busier the better. Odd, because I’m a small-town kid, but I find fast-paced frenzied cities like this is where I feel most at home. And it doesn’t get any more frenzied than Mumbai, India’s most populous city.

NEW DELHI - From the moment I arrive, the sights, the sounds and the diversity of this city surround me. Within minutes, I know that without a doubt I have arrived in one of the most exotic destinations in the world — for golfers.

VARANASI, INDIA - As Arvind, our scholarly guide, leads us to the Dashashwamedh Ghat (the main steps that take us to the Ganges River here in Hinduism’s holiest city) a priest grabs my wrist and turns me towards him.