Every year during the season of the bloom, travel agencies see a huge growth in the holiday bookings to the hill station Munnar, as travellers gather to witness the magnetism of the rare blooming of ‘Neelakurinji’ flowers. Starting late July, the Anamalai hills near Munnar in Kerala will be clad in purplish blue neelakurinji (Strobilanthes kunthiana) which bursts into flower once in 12 years. Thousands of visitors flock to Munnar […]

Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind. Yes, it’s that time of year again already—when people start asking you what you’ll be doing on New Year’s Eve with the expectation that you’ll be having the night of the year. These are some of the world’s biggest parties to give you an idea of what to do—or at least of what to say you’ll be doing. New York’s […]