On the heels of my spotlight on Kigali’s food scene for CNT, I also wrote about the city for the Best Places to Eat in 2025 list. Read it here.
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Recent Work
For Condé Nast Traveler’s annual Gold List of the editors’ favorite hotels, I wrote about my most memorable hotel stay of the past year: Taj Falaknuma in Hyderabad, a stunning…
For the New York Times, I profiled jeweler Akshat Ghiya, whose collection Tallin is inspired by Jaipur’s heritage as well as his upbringing in Italy. You can read it here.
Most travelers to Rwanda touch down in Kigali and make a beeline for the gorilla-trekking adventures that await in Volcanoes National Park. In August, I spent five nights in the…
I did a fun project for Chase Travel this summer in Spain, and my first story is out: a look at some of the best hotels in the Balearic Islands….
For the second year in a row I’ve edited the Africa section of Condé Nast Traveler’s annual Best Places to Go list. I got to commission some of my favorite…
In Cape Town, I interviewed artists, chefs, and fashion designers of Cape Malay origin about how their history informs their creativity. You can find a version of the story in…
For my latest in Further magazine, I wrote about the ephemeral khovar murals made by tribal women in Hazaribagh, India, that get washed away every monsoon—and how the interiors brand…
For this week’s T List newsletter, I wrote about the newly refreshed AndBeyond Ngala Tented Camp in South Africa. Read it here.
Awards & Books
Awards
- Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards, 2021: Honorable mention for the Grand Award, Travel Journalist of the Year
- South Asian Journalists Association, 2021: Outstanding Arts and Culture Reporting for “Zanzibar in the Rain,” New York Times
- Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards, 2020: Bronze in Short Work on Travel for “Raise the Roof,” Condé Nast Traveler
- South Asian Journalists Association, 2019: Outstanding Arts, Culture, and Lifestyle Reporting about South Asia for “Force of Nature,” Surface magazine
- Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards, 2018: Gold award in US/Canada Travel for “A Muslim American’s Homecoming: Cowboys, Country Music, Chapatis,” New York Times
- Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards, 2018: Bronze in Service-Oriented Consumer Work for “My Town,” Virtuoso Life
- Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards, 2017: Gold in Culinary-Related Travel for “Eating Bunny Chow in Durban,” Saveur
- South Asian Journalists Association, 2017: Outstanding Arts and Culture Reporting for “Eating Bunny Chow in Durban,” Saveur
- North American Travel Journalists Association Awards, 2016: Two Silver awards in Destination Travel and Adventure Travel for “7 Days, 1500 Miles in Namibia,” New York Times
- Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards, 2016: Gold in Foreign Travel for “7 Days, 1500 Miles in Namibia,” New York Times
- Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards, 2015: Gold in Personal Comment for “Returning to Hyderabad, Once a Land of Princes and Palaces,” New York Times
- Solas Awards for Best Travel Writing, 2013: Silver in Most Unforgettable Character for “Spitting Distance in Jodhpur,” Wall Street Journal
Books
- New York Times Cultured Traveler: Contributed a feature on Bosnia & Herzegovina to this upcoming anthology
- Best American Travel Writing 2021: “City of Saints” from Travel + Leisure was selected for the 2021 edition of this anthology, edited by Padma Lakshmi and Jason Wilson
- New York Times 36 Hours World: 150 Cities from Abu Dhabi to Zurich: Contributed 36 Hours guides to Johannesburg and Mumbai for this anthology
- My Life Abroad: A Selection of Expat Stories: Contributed to this compilation of expat stories from around the globe, recounting my experience as an American in South Africa, in the chapter “From New York City to Cape Town.”
- The Places We’ve Been: Field Reports from Travelers Under 35: Contributed my essay “When Coconuts Attack” to this travel anthology.