Ayaz Shaikh

Travel

My travel-related articles are built on the edifice of my own experiences, research and interaction with people and places

Konkani villages like Velas and Anjarle are being saved by the endangered Olive Ridley turtles they work to protect

Hansal Mehta, Nagesh Kukunoor and Onir on their love affairs with Mumbai, Hyderabad and Srinagar

From SH Raza to Akbar Padamsee, nobody really knew what modern art was. It was Paris that nudged them towards modernit

‘Films That Take Us Home’ is a Conde Nast Traveller mini-series where the Indian diaspora discusses films and nostalgia

Moscow’s museums are reshaping our thoughts about art, its purpose, and influence on contemporary society

Melbourne has chic food, buzzing nightlife and great coffee culture. But for unspoiled Aussie splendour, hit the Great Ocean Road

Azerbaijan’s Nasimi Festival brings out Baku’s beauty as scholars and poetry lovers descend upon this artistic epicentre

Tiny but historically rich, Georgia is shaking off its Soviet past to stride into the spotlight

What drew the modernist master to Gorbio, a hilltop hamlet near Nice? An admirer drives up to find out

Drunk on Hemmingway, modern art and Woody Allen, an artist goes nosing around yesterday’s art havens in Paris