I wrote an article on Cape Town’s most scenic road trips — Cape Point, Hermanus, Cape Winelands, and Namaqualand — in the summer issue of Canadian magazine Ensemble Vacations, where…
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Recent Work
I made my debut last week as a Jetsetter Correspondent. Jetsetter.com is a site with sales on luxury hotels, and each property is vetted by an editor or Jetsetter Correspondent….
Five resorts with stunning overwater villas, for the May issue of Travel + Leisure.
My Travel + Leisure roundup of the world’s most colorful stories has been picked up by CNN Travel – check it out here!
I interviewed the likes of design legend Roberto Cavalli and celebrity stylist extraordinaire Rachel Zoe for the April issue of Vogue India, to learn more about that ever-enduring fashion trend,…
Looking for a bright and cheery holiday? Head to one of these colorful cities that I rounded up for Travel + Leisure.
I wrote this essay, “Credible India: After gang rape, the tourism industry assures female travelers they are safe,” on the impact of December’s brutal Delhi gang rape on tourism in…
I spent an afternoon last summer on the sets of a photo shoot that Big Bang Theory‘s Kunal Nayyar and his lovely wife, former Miss India Neha Kapur, did for…
Lucky me – I flew back from India at 4am on January 1, just in time for them to have restocked the airport bookstores with the January Vogue India—which meant…
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.