Curiosities
For a month now, in Maharashtra, one of India's largest states, a ban has been in effect on the consumption and storage of cow meat – animals sacred to this country. During this time, the first…
Country guide
Strange things started already at the airport. This was not yet mysticism, rather something like an insinuating but persistent interweaving of sleep into reality. First, the flight to Delhi was not…
India is the birthplace of vegetarianism. There is little meat here for many reasons. First, religious: for Indian Muslims, though few, pork is 'unclean food,' and for Hindus, who are the majority…
If you consider spices an optional component of food and have only tried cinnamon in buns, think again: if not for spices, America would have remained undiscovered. After all, it was for them, valued…
When we were approaching the border by taxi, I felt my palms sweating and my nerves tense. My husband and I promised our relatives that we would not do anything risky during the month we were…
Travel opportunities are growing, and some countries have become rather tiresome for active tourists. If you want to dive into a warm sea and bask in the warm sun, head to Goa.
Asia, with rare exceptions, remains for Ukrainian citizens roughly the same as it was for contemporaries of Afanasy Nikitin. And if someone risks spending a vacation on Asian territory, they…