Outlook Traveller
By: Outlook Publishing (India) Pvt.Ltd- Outlook Traveller, January 2016
- Price : 90.00
- Published on December 26, 2015
- Outlook Publishing (India) Pvt.Ltd
- Issues 113
- Language - English
- Published monthly
About this issue
There’s something about a crumbling building that quickens my pulse. I’ve seen my fair share but it doesn’t cease to amaze me how much wonder and joy and, well, grief, silent stones can evoke. My favouritest heritage tour was a rain-drenched romp through the Khmer temples of Cambodia a few years ago. Sometimes in my dreams, I still see the countless faces of Bayon. It was part adventure and part ticking-something-off-abucket- list. In other words, entirely usual. But a heritage holiday is also about discovery in the truest sense of the word. Every time we do a heritage issue, my jaw drops unfailingly at all the built wealth right under our noses. None of that same old same old. Not in India. The big catch this issue is Amitabha Gupta’s almost encyclopaedic exploration of the terracotta mosques of Bengal, which actually predate its more celebrated temples of the same material. The breathtaking palaces of Bhuj will have you quaking in your boots. We rediscover Bundelkhand and stumble upon a plethora of Chandella temples beyond Khajuraho (and no less spectacular). We take a ride on Indian Railways’ latest tourist train—the Desert Circuit Special. Anjum Hasan muses about the heritage of art on a visit to Bharat Bhavan in Bhopal. Elsewhere in the issue, Steve McCurry’s iconic images of India; 10 things to do in Mauritius; the most scenic train ride in America; and a look-in on what is possibly the world’s most responsible zoo. Happy reading in the new year.
About Outlook Traveller
Outlook Traveller is a monthly magazine from the stable of Outlook Publishing India Pvt. Limited and the only significant magazine aimed at the travel reader. Every month since June 2001 OT has introduced readers to the wonders of unknown destinations while also encouraging travellers to take a fresh look at familiar places. Whether people are planning a holiday, or simply dreaming of one, Outlook Traveller continues to take them closer.