A first-timer’s nine nights, not all nine
A first-timer’s plan for Navratri 2025 in Gujarat: how many nights to dance, rest days, learning steps, day trips and getting home.
Fairs & Festivals, Gujarat
Editorial, Fairs & Festivals, Gujarat
Editor’s letter: Navratri & Garba
Khushi Anand introduces Travel Viewpoint’s September 2025 issue on Navratri in Gujarat and why the best way to see garba is to join in.
Monuments, Rajasthan
Delhi to Kumbhalgarh in three days
A long-weekend drive from Delhi into the monsoon Aravallis, ending at the walls of Kumbhalgarh.
Karnataka, Monuments
A night in a highway town worth stopping
Chitradurga is usually a fuel stop. Give it a night and its stone fort repays you.
Destinations, News
What the highways actually do on 15 August
An honest look at Indian highway traffic around Independence Day, and how to time a long-weekend drive.
Karnataka, Monuments
A less-driven spur off the main highway
West of Hampi, a quieter road leads to the cave temples of Badami and the temple towns of Aihole and Pattadakal.
Editorial
Editor’s letter: The Independence Day Road Trips
Why the August long weekend belongs to the road, and what this issue asks of you before you turn the key.
Monuments, Rajasthan
One fort at opening hour
Arrive at Chittorgarh when the gates open and you get the fort, the light and the reservoirs almost to yourself.
Jammu and Kashmir, News
The route to skip because of convoys
The Jammu–Srinagar highway in August is a lesson in patience. Here is why to skip it this weekend, and where to go instead.
Karnataka, Monuments
Bengaluru toward Hampi after the rain
The Deccan turns green in August. Here is how to drive from Bengaluru to Hampi while it lasts.
