What is the exact moment that one falls in love with a place? Sure, whenever we travel to a beautiful place, we say, “I love this place,” or “I wish I lived here,” but there is always one specific moment where we know we’re besotted. Most of the time it’s something simple: a sight that takes your breath away, biting into something truly delicious, or merely the smell of the air. 
Most great cities have one, maybe two of those moments. And then you come to San Francisco, where moment after moment you are seduced, unknowingly yet wilfully, until you’re irreversibly smitten. W

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Madhya Pradesh is a land in wait... of the monsoon, of closure to tragedy, of recognition for its marvels. And it’s a land you can explore without ever getting to the end

Our boat bobs rather urgently in the river. Our boatman starts to murmur about getting back to the shore of the ghats. Good call, I think, as we dock at the shore; the wind has picked up considerably. The flat landscape stretches out before us and we can actually see the clouds rolling in from a distance. The breeze is stronger: it snatches the string of a makeshift kite (made from a plastic bag) out of a boy’s hand, threatens

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