Friday, December 8, 2023

Musafir Says

Musafir Says
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...