Ananya Bhattacharya has covered news for nearly a decade, from sex trafficking in the tea gardens of Dooars to terrorist attacks in Assam, to the Bengal Assembly Elections. She works out of the India Today office in Noida. Her heart lies back in North Bengal. When not chasing a story, she is busy planning her next trip.
Till about four years ago, the Air India Delhi to San Francisco flight, AI 173, flew above the Pacific Ocean. Then the airline changed its route to fly over the North Pole because it meant reduced flying time and fuel costs.
...Full StoryUrvashi Rautela has created a fresh row at Cannes 2023. At the centre of the controversy is a piece of one-of-a-kind luxury jewellery, the Cartier Crocodile necklace. The question is whether the neckpiece worn by Rautela is real or fake.
...Full StoryNo one can quite tell when a population of these black softshell turtles began calling a pond in Baneswar, a small town near Cooch Behar in North Bengal, their home. These turtles are lovingly called Mohan by the locals. And the locals have ensured their beloved Mohans are protected, come what may.
...Full StoryI was flying down the world's longest zipline somewhere on top of the Jebel Jais mountain peak in Ras Al Khaimah, in the UAE. There were a lot of numbers to reckon with: 1,680 metre height; 2.831-kilometre zipline; 150-160 kmph speed.
...Full StoryTo a North Indian ear, the word ‘Chikmagalur’ would seem like just another Kannada name. Of course, it is ‘just another Kannada name’, but like all towns in small-town India, the name has an interesting backstory.
...Full StoryLast afternoon, when we got to Naples, the fervour was tangible. There was a pulse in the air. It was raining quite heavily, and football fans were all perhaps praying to Maradona for the skies to clear up. There was a football match that no one wanted to miss.
...Full StoryIt doesn't matter how many Akira Kurosawa or Stanley Kubrick films you spend your time watching, if there's Mehendi Lagake Rakhna playing outside the house as someone's baaraat goes by, you will still do a little jig. No Spielberg can take that away from us.
...Full StoryShould we look to ChatGPT or a Bing bot for answers on the most elusive questions on love and death?
...Full StoryThe third year of the After-Covid era, the skinny is back with a vengeance. Forget the mom jeans and the boyfriend jeans and the in-betweens.
...Full StoryCan Digi Yatra help solve the problem of rush at the Delhi airport? My experience says it perhaps is the only way to navigate the chaos.
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