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Regal Rajasthan is India's exotic playground

Subhasish Chakraborty

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

Subhasish Chakraborty

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.
India greets visitors with a riot of colour

Gale Beeby

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.

Dickering and Delight in Old Delhi

Marc Atchison

DELHI — It’s mid-day on a packed street in old Delhi, I’m remarkably jet-lagged and a little shell-shocked by my new surrounds.
Amber Fort is India's Fortress of Strength

Marc Atchison

JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN - The narrow, winding trail leading to the iconic fort was crowded with a parade of elephants, all carrying Tilly-clad tourists to the majestic medieval castle that sits in a stone v...
Bombay is a Glittering Metropolitan City

Marc Atchison

MUMBAI - It’s just a few minutes before noon but already the landmark Leopold Café and Bar is crowded and the Kingfisher beer is being served by the “yard” in unique tumblers that are marked like r...

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Marc Atchison is a veteran journalist and a seasoned traveller with more than 20 years of travel writing experience. As the former Travel Editor of the Toronto Star, Canada's largest newspaper, and now Editor-in-Chief and Senior Writer for TraveLife magazine (Canada) and travelife.ca, Marc has been to over 100 countries in the world. Japan is one of his favorite destinations and he's been there on numerous occasions.

Dickering and Delight in Old Delhi

Marc Atchison |

DELHI — It’s mid-day on a packed street in old Delhi, I’m remarkably jet-lagged and a little shell-shocked by my new surrounds.

They're Cleaning up in Bombay

Marc Atchison |

MUMBAI - There is much to do and see in this giant city of 18 million people but our guide Douglas Cyrus insists there is one sight that will impress us more than any we have seen during a fabulous day tour of India’s largest metropolis.

Finding Love at India's Love Palace

Marc Atchison |

AGRA, INDIA - A handsome young man escorts a pretty woman to a bench outside the main entrance to the Taj Mahal, India’s monument to love.

Bombay is a Glittering Metropolitan City

Marc Atchison |

MUMBAI - It’s just a few minutes before noon but already the landmark Leopold Café and Bar is crowded and the Kingfisher beer is being served by the “yard” in unique tumblers that are marked like rulers – a Leopold tradition we are told.

Amber Fort is India's Fortress of Strength

Marc Atchison |

JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN - The narrow, winding trail leading to the iconic fort was crowded with a parade of elephants, all carrying Tilly-clad tourists to the majestic medieval castle that sits in a stone valley, 11 kilometres from downtown Jaipur, which is known as the Pink City of Rajasthan.

Udaipur is a Delightful Hideway

Marc Atchison |

UDAIPUR, INDIA - The man in the rumpled suit interrupted his cell phone call just long enough to welcome us to his small craft shop on City Palace Road.