Tanvi Chheda

Mother, writer, editor. California convert, Bombay born. A former Travel + Leisure editor, Tanvi Chheda has written for the New York Times, Afar, Delta’s Sky, Robb Report, and Virtuoso Life, among others. Tanvi is obsessed with family travel, vegetarian cooking, children’s books and 1950s Bollywood music.

The ultimate foodie guide to Charleston

Historic and impossibly charming, Charleston is having a moment. Much of the buzz, rightly so, is about the city’s dynamic food and drink scene. From croque monsieurs and corn ribs

9 December 2024

Jaipur

The ultimate Jaipur city guide

A kaleidoscope of colours against a desert landscape, Jaipur feels suspended in time (except for the traffic congestion that’s part of modern urban life these days). A land of lavish palaces and

26 January 2024

Austria

On track in Austria: Vienna to Salzburg by train

My piano-playing 11-year-old and I are enroute from Vienna to Salzburg, aboard one of the many daily trains between Austria’s elegant capital along the Danube River and the UNESCO-recognised storybook mountain town to the west.

31 October 2023

Miami

The ultimate Miami city guide

Sun-kissed and palm tree-lined Miami, in southern Florida, has always had a reputation as a party town. But along with those swanky, white-washed rooftop bars where the cocktails are aplenty, there’s

3 October 2023

Cartagena

From Cartagena with love

Join Tanvi Chheda on a literary-inspired journey of the senses through the vibrant streets of Cartagena, Colombia’s ‘Jewel of the Indies’ Apalenquera, one of the colourfully-dressed black women who carry

25 July 2023