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Shamanth Rao

ARTICLES BY SHAMANTH RAO

Kicker Rock or León Dormido at San Cristobal Island, Galápagos. Photo: Thinkstock

Wet Dreams: On the waterfront

1 min read . 27 Sept 2014

Chinese fishing nets. Photo: Thinkstock

Fort Kochi, Kerala | Remains of a spice coast

4 min read . 29 Mar 2014

The Sydney Opera House, Australia. Photo: Mike Powell/Allsport/Getty Images

Travel Special | Cities we love

1 min read . 22 Mar 2014

Masum Momaya. Photo: Courtesy Diya TV

Masum Momaya | The crowdsourced ‘desi’

3 min read . 22 Feb 2014

An aerial photograph of the Himalayas. Photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

The men who measured Earth’s curves

11 min read . 21 Dec 2013

Inside Sherwood Forest, the mythical home of Robin Hood. Photo: Rich Chester

Lovely, dark, deep

1 min read . 21 Sept 2013

The clubhouse of the West Side Tennis Club. Photo: Kiran Kumar/Mint

Wimbledon | Grass on the other side

1 min read . 22 Jun 2013

Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy. Photo: Atlantide Phototravel/Corbis

Time travel | Remembrances of places past

1 min read . 13 May 2013

Statues outside the National Museum of The American Indian, the spot where the Dutch bought Manhattan island for the equivalent of $24. Photo: Emily Field

Lower Manhattan, New York | In a nowhere land, a metropolis is born

10 min read . 11 May 2013

The magazines offer a delightful mix of writing and visuals for the Internet-savvy

Foot Notes | Star voyagers

2 min read . 06 Apr 2013

Amtrak’s Coast Starlight running beside the Pacific Ocean near Santa Barbara. Photo: Courtesy Amtrak

San Diego to San Francisco | Amtrakking across California

9 min read . 18 Jan 2013

A heart-shaped lake on the Chembra trek. Photo: Shashank Jain

Foot Notes | Altitude challenge

2 min read . 30 Nov 2012

Renaissance Revival-style buildings in Bertine Block, Mott Haven.Photo: Emilio Guerra/Wikimedia Commons.

New York | 19th century Bronx

7 min read . 26 Oct 2012

Tamil Nadu, Ooty | Track a hundred back

5 min read . 23 Sept 2011

The cradle: (left) Shaheed Vedi, where nine women and two children were killed in 1967 and Naxalism was born; and Abhijit Majumdar at the CPI(M-L) Liberation’s Kolkata office. Photographs: Indranil Bh

The remains of Naxalbari

13 min read . 17 Mar 2011

En route to elsewhere

10 min read . 29 Jan 2011

Fan fare: (clockwise from top) Argentina and Brazil fans flaunt their colours. Shaju Karat; and the town goes into carnival mode, complete with vuvuzelas.

On the ball

4 min read . 01 Jul 2010

Scenic ride: (top) The Mandovi Express. Karan Desaai / IRFCA; the train journeys across several viaducts. Apurva Bahadur /IRFCA

Konkan Railway | Off the road, but on track

5 min read . 03 Jul 2009