Published work
If you have a partnership proposal or travel writing opportunities for me, please contact me at shivyanath@gmail.com.
Besides The Shooting Star, I contribute travel stories to several widely read Indian and international publications:
My writing samples can be found at the following links:
BBC Travel:
Touring Turkey’s Black Sea Region by Mini Bus
The Huffington Post:
How to Plan Your First Solo Trip
Diu May Be India’s Last Beach Paradise
Unearthing Kerala’s Best Kept Secrets
8 Ways to Experience Mauritius
Forbes Travel Guide:
National Geographic Traveller India:
Short Breaks: Picnic Slopes
Lonely Planet:
Five Unique Places to Celebrate Diwali in 2012
The Times of India:
Go Native in Ile Maurice
Break in the branches
Conde Nast Traveller India:
In Conversation with Felice Lo Basso
The Hindu:
Mission 2012: Rediscovery of India (Lead Story, New Year 2012 edition)
Serendipity by the Black Sea
From Punjab, with love
At home in the Himalayas
Treasures of Spain
Life as we knew it
Hindustan Times:
Corbett: Secrets of the Jungle
Somewhere in the Himalayas
Rediscovering Paradise
Air India Magazine:
A vegetarian’s love affair with Europe
CNNGo:
10 reasons to turn vegetarian in Singapore
Singapore’s favorite night spots: The makeover
Travel Wire Asia
Mount Kinabalu: Stairway to Heaven
On Cloud Nine in Genting
Port Dickson: Living on Stilts
The Old English Charm of Maxwell Hill
Girls’ Getaway at Tioman Island
Duty free, pocket friendly shopping in Malaysia
Asian Correspondent
In Search of Adventure in Desaru, Malaysia
Chasing Adventure on the Perhentian Islands
World Nomads
Blog Adda
Women’s Web
Girls on the Go
The Art of Packing
Yahoo:
Travel tales from Spiti: The legend of the moving monasteries
The Alternative:
Will your travel memories be someone else’s travel disappointments?
5 Ways I’ve Changed to Travel More Responsibly.
Bamboo Village: Above and Beyond a Responsible Tourism Project
Offbeat Travel
Spiti: A most unusual travel destination in India.
Clay by Club Mahindra:
Spiti: The India that lives in a cold mountain desert.
The Silk Men & Women of India.
Corbett: We came, we saw, we conquered. Well, almost.
Mcleodganj: How deep is the red?
On the backwaters of Kerala
Mynatour Ecotourism:
A Garden Lady in India’s Cold Mountain Desert
Travel Another India:
Spiti Valley: 10 experiences that’ll take your breath away
Britannica:
Pranpur: The India that rejoices in its crafts.
BootsnAll:
Heal the world, one trip at a time.
Got Saga:
5 offbeat reasons to visit Southeast Asia in 2011
We blog the World:
Travel Dudes:
Innsbruck – Capital of the Alps
Yellow Leg:
Asia Rooms Travel Blog:
Hi,
Your thoughts are complimented well by your writings. I enjoy reading every bit of it.
I wish you had something to say on the less known North East India which has can be a potential destination.
Thanks Trishanka! I’m yet to travel in the North East, though it’s been on my bucket list for a while. Maybe later this year
Wow! You are so inspiring!