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Issue #12 · Latest October 5, 2026
The best month to come home — post-monsoon, pre-Diwali.
Rain gone, heat not back, Navratri done and Diwali on 8 November. Where to eat, what to book now, and what the gifting actually costs from abroad.
✈️ Travel 🪔 Diwali 🍽️ Food
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Issue #11 September 7, 2026
Ganesh Chaturthi — ten days when Mumbai stops being a financial capital.
Lalbaugcha Raja, Mumbai Cha Raja at Ganesh Galli, the visarjan routes, and the timing trick that gets you in without a nine-hour queue.
🐘 Ganpati 📍 Mumbai 🪔 Festival
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Issue #10 August 10, 2026
The high passes — eight weeks a year, and you are inside them.
Ladakh and Spiti while the roads hold, how long you actually need to acclimatise, and the two national holidays that bracket the month.
🏔 Ladakh 🥾 Spiti 🇮🇳 Aug 15
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Issue #9 July 13, 2026
The green months — the coast at half price, with nobody on it.
Patnem, Maravanthe and Kaup in peak monsoon. What is open, what is shut, what it costs, and the one thing you should not try to do in July.
🌊 Coast 🌴 Goa 💸 Off-season
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Issue #8 June 8, 2026
The monsoon breaks — and India becomes a different country.
Kerala on 1 June, Mumbai ten days later. Where the Western Ghats are worth the drive, the cafés to sit the rain out in, and why the cheapest flights home are the ones nobody wants.
🌧️ Monsoon ☕ Cafés 🥾 Western Ghats
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Issue #7 May 24, 2026
IPL playoff cities — Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Jaipur, and the 15-year-old in the Royals jersey.
Suryavanshi's breakout season and the four playoff host cities NRIs are flying into. Stadium logistics, where to eat between matches, what to see if you have a morning free.
🏏 IPL 2026 👑 Jaipur 🌆 Ahmedabad 🕌 Hyderabad
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Issue #6 May 10, 2026
Bangalore — the city that built the future and forgot its old neighbourhoods.
Indiranagar craft beer, the Karnataka coastal table that ruined every other, Malleshwaram before 9am, ISKCON at dawn.
🏙️ Bangalore 🍺 Craft beer 🍽️ Food
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Issue #5 April 29, 2026
Five Indian treks that open in May — book by June.
The Himalayan season opens. Five treks, what each costs, and the booking window that closes faster than people expect.
🥾 Treks 🏔 Himalaya 📅 Seasonal
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Issue #4 May 9, 2026
The destination wedding special — 12 picks before you book.
Twelve venues across India, costed and compared, with what each one actually charges an NRI family.
💍 Weddings 🏰 Venues 💸 Costs
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Issue #3 May 2, 2026
Rishikesh — where NRIs go to reset.
Yoga, the Ganges at dawn, the café nobody talks about, and a rafting stretch worth the trip.
🧘 Rishikesh 🕉️ Spiritual 🚣 Rafting
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Issue #2 April 25, 2026
Goa — the one that exists when the tourists leave.
A hidden beach reachable only by boat, a church at dawn, and the Carnival nobody told you about.
🌴 Goa 🏖️ Beaches ⛪ Heritage
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Issue #1 April 18, 2026
Mumbai — the city that changed while you were gone.
The Bandra table everyone wants, a bar with no signage, the Kala Ghoda circuit, and Ganesh Chaturthi on the streets.
🌃 Mumbai 🍽️ Food 🍸 Bars
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