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Teja Lele

Teja Lele

India
SCMP Contributor
Teja Lele is an editor and writer based in India writing on travel, architecture, food and lifestyle. Her work has appeared in The Times of India, Indian Express, Mint, Forbes, National Geographic Traveler, Outlook Traveller, Mumbai Mirror, YourStory and The Hindu.

‘Quiet travel’ destinations such as Ecuador’s Zabalo Village Quiet Stay and Sweden’s Peace & Quiet Hotel offer serenity, beautiful nature and mental clarity.

Concord, Massachusetts has a vast literary past, being home to talents such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Louisa May Alcott, Henry David Thoreau and Nathaniel Hawthorne

Made of woven fabric and worn draped over a woman’s body, the Indian sari dates back centuries. Brides’ families scour India for the best hand-produced garments.

India is expecting a cruise holiday boom, with growing interest from Gen Z and millennials, but more ships means more pollution and building cruise terminals could cause coastal erosion, critics fear.

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India’s Ayush visa makes it easier to visit the country for treatment using traditional Indian medicine and other wellness pursuits. Kerala, already popular with tourists, could be a prime beneficiary.

Cricket fans are descending on Ahmedabad, in India’s Gujarat state, as it prepares to host five World Cup matches, but this richly historical city has so much more to offer.

Many social media users have termed the Dalai Lama’s behaviour as ‘creepy’ and ‘disgusting’, but Tibetans say their culture has been misconstrued and hypersexualised.

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