Musafir Says
Musafir Says
Tourism isn’t ‘black’. Don’t punish it
OPINION: The sudden move by the Indian government to demonetise ₹1000 and ₹500 notes has taken most by surprise. Ten days since the momentous...
Everybody likes a good smog
OPINION: The sky is blue? For most young urban Indian kids, especially in Delhi, they take this statement to be almost an urban myth....
Spare the ‘Bum’ this Diwali
OPINION
It’s a land where a plethora of regions, religions and other divides among its population have given it a huge number of festivals as...
Indians, the new high rollers on the global tourism stage
OPINION: Indian's spend on foreign travel has hit eye-popping proportions. In the first five months of the current fiscal year 2016-17, Indians spent 1516% more...
Flying with danger
OPINION: In times of frequent flying by many of us, just consider these headlines:
Oct 7, 2016: Airlines told to avoid landing in Pakistan
Oct 1, 2016: Banning...
Say NO to terror on World Tourism Day
OPINION: It is under the shadow of global violence and terrorism that we welcome the World Tourism Day on September 27 this year. Earlier in...
EDIT: No surging please, we are Indians
OPINION: Surge pricing will help airlines. Just witness Air India’s rather uncharacteristically cheeky ad inviting passengers effected by the sudden sharp hike in rail...
Skirting the issues
OPINION: Bharat ek sanskritic desh hai... Jab wo airport par aate hai, unko wahan welcome kit di jaati hai. Ek card hai usme, jisme dos...
Travel & GST: Will they tango?
OPINION: The long awaited and debated Goods and Services Tax (GST) has now been finally passed.
First tabled in 2011 by the then Congress led government, it...
When the Himalayas vanished…
Forest fires in Uttarakhand may have a devastating effect
The Himalayas have vanished!!! That was the feeling I got when I looked up from my...