Travelogues

Primal colours

25 May 2012

From the picturesque, tree-lined Bukit Timah campus of the National University of Singapore, where the Institute of South Asian Studies is housed, academic Robin Jeffrey, former Times of India journalist Ronojoy Sen and young graduate Pratima Singh have launched an ambitious effort to chronicle the bloody and complex Naxal movement that continues to burn through the heart of India.

'Monsters' star angler Wade in Champlain waters

24 May 2012

Extreme angler Jeremy Wade of the hit Animal Planet show "River Monsters" readies his tackle before heading out onto Lake Champlain on Friday, May 18, 2012. What sort of monster he is looking for, however, the show's crew wouldn't say.

Footprints in the sand

20 May 2012

Vasco da Gama landed here on May 20, 1498. Though the visit is etched in stone, the monument is a picture of neglect, says K.V. Prasad