For Condé Nast Traveler’s annual Women Who Travel Power List, I interviewed the legendary chef Asma Khan of London’s Darjeeling Express. Read it here.
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Recent Work
In the latest edition of WSJ Magazine, I spotlighted the brand-new Jaipur Centre for Art, an ambitious new space at Jaipur’s historic City Palace led by Maharajah Sawai Padmanabh Singh…
For T magazine’s T List, I spotlighted Sarvato, a new rooftop restaurant at Jaipur’s historic City Palace. Read it here.
Last fall I traveled to Algeria, one of the more closed-off countries I’ve ever visited, to report the opening story of Bloomberg Pursuits’ massive 25 Places to Go in 2025….
For New York Times T Magazine’s T List, I wrote about a brand-new safari camp in South Africa’s Soutpansberg Mountains. Read it here.
I returned to Jaipur this fall to report the cover story for Virtuoso magazine’s January issue, with the dynamic Maharajah Sawai Padmanabh Singh on the cover. I spent a week…
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.
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.
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.