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What to Wear for Teej and Janmashtami — Festive...

Teej and Janmashtami arrive within two weeks of each other in August — Hariyali Teej falls on 26 July 2026 and Janmashtami on 15 August 2026 — and both call...

Monsoon Resort Wear for Goa — What to Pack for ...

Going to Goa during the monsoon — June through September — is a fundamentally different trip from the dry-season version. The beaches are empty, the prices are half, the green...

What to Wear on Hot Vacations — Resort Wear for...

Choosing resort wear for a hot vacation in India or anywhere above 35°C is mostly a fabric problem, then a silhouette problem, then a packing-volume problem. Cotton beats polyester. Loose...

Mehndi Outfit Ideas for Wedding Guests — What t...

The mehndi ceremony is one of the most photographed events of an Indian wedding — a pre-wedding afternoon or early evening when the bride and her guests get henna applied,...

What to Wear in Kodaikanal — Resort Wear and Hi...

Kodaikanal is the Tamil Nadu hill station the missionaries built for themselves in the 1840s — a Palani-hills town at 2,133 metres, less commercial than Ooty, anchored by the star-shaped...

What to Wear in Ooty — Resort Wear and Nilgiri ...

Ooty (Udhagamandalam) is the South Indian hill station that the British built for themselves — a Nilgiri tea-country town at 2,240 metres, anchored by the Botanical Gardens, the Ooty Lake,...