Mumbai and its sea front.

Port guide:Mumbai,India

Mumbai is a freewheeling,trendsetting,fashionable,glamorous city that typifies the buzz and challenges of fast-changing,contemporary India.

  • Brian Johnston

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Gunmen kill dozens of tourists at resort deemed ‘mini-Switzerland’ in disputed Kashmir

Indian police said at least four gunmen they described as militants fired at dozens of tourists from close range,killing at least 26.

  • Aijaz Hussain
Lamb korrma… a dish that’s been remade,reinvented and ruined by the West.

The sublime Indian dish the West did its best to ruin

We’ve done terrible things to the food of India,making some dishes unrecognisable and completely fabricating others. One of these is korma.

  • Ben Groundwater
Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov in a shot from his video of a trip to Afghanistan uploaded last year.

American faces five years in jail after leaving Coke for world’s most isolated tribe

Despite the death of another American in 2018,the “danger tourist” tried to contact the Sentinelese tribe,which is off limits to visitors.

  • Samaan Lateef
Enter Via Laundry chef and founder Helly Raichura. 22 July 2021.

The underrated local gems (and fine diners) this top chef loves eating at the most

The Enter Via Laundry chef and memorable MasterChef guest opens her little black book of food and dining recommendations in Australia and overseas.

  • Jane Rocca
An Indian street seller serves up chai.

The false claims people make about travelling in India

“Beggars are everywhere”. I see more beggars on a stroll through Sydney’s CBD than I do travelling in India.

  • Michael Gebicki
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Phugtal Monastery,Zanskar Valley,Ladakh.

This isolated valley is in danger of being loved to death

Ladakh’s dramatic landscapes and rich culture are at risk of erosion as visitor numbers surge.

  • Nina Karnikowski
The Maha Kumbh Mela attracted millions to bathe in sacred waters.

I attended the largest-ever gathering of humans. The logistics are mind-boggling

In just three months,a functioning city that can cater for 10 million pilgrims a day springs up and then disappears a few weeks later.

  • Chris Johnson
With Jyoti,who spoke no English but who slept by the author’s bed on her final night at the hospital.

When I said I wanted to experience the ‘real’ India,I didn’t mean the emergency room

A literature festival was to be the highlight of a trip to the subcontinent. Then came a sudden medical detour.

  • Gay Alcorn
Flags above Leh,Ladakh.

A simple pair of socks found overseas created my new obsession

As overtourism tears destinations apart,spurred on by social media,a strange new obsession showed me an alternative,more creative,path.

  • Nina Karnikowski