Sanvi Choudhary
Sanvi Choudhary is a Trainee Journalist at Media India Group. She writes news stories and feature articles for India Outbound and India & You magazine and covers topics ranging from politics and business to tourism and culture.
Beyond the Mangalsutra: India’s regional nuptial ornaments
January 23, 2026
While the mangalsutra is widely recognised across the country as an ornament signifying the marital status of a woman, various regions across India have their own distinctive nuptial ornament, deeply rooted in the local culture and beliefs. These symbols not only mark a woman’s...
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Chandragutti: Karnataka’s hill town with heritage temples, old-world charm
January 20, 2026
Chandragutti sits quietly in the Western Ghats, where the landscape is marked by thick forests and rocky hills. The town is best known for its ancient temples carved into the hillside, which blend naturally with the surroundings. With very few tourist facilities, the place still ...
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Cinema’s undying obsession with regional stereotypes
January 18, 2026
Indian cinema, particularly mainstream Hindi films, has long used states as visual and cultural backdrops rather than lived-in spaces. These portrayals have shaped public perception, turning regions into easily digestible stereotypes that travel faster than reality. Mainstream In...
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Hodka: Exploring offbeat traditions in Kutch
January 17, 2026
Located about 63 km from Bhuj and just over an hour from Dhordo, Hodka is a small village on the edge of the Banni Grasslands near the Rann of Kutch. Unlike the more popular Rann festival areas, Hodka offers tranquillity, authentic interactions with locals and a slower pace of li...
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Indian travellers discover slow travel, a step at a time
January 15, 2026
Typically Indian travellers, whether domestical or international, have tended to pack as many destinations and spots on their tight itineraries, simply ticking off the spots from their to-do lists, leaving faint memories of the visit, bar the mandatory photos or selfies. However,...
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Student Startups: From study halls to stalls
January 12, 2026
As education in India evolves and begins its slow move from theoretical to practical learnings, a few students have begun to take the matters in their own hands and out of the classrooms as a rising number have begun to experiment with entrepreneurship, launching low-cost venture...
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Brewing connections: Delhi’s coffee workshop culture
January 6, 2026
In Delhi, known for its fast pace, crowded schedules and constant movement, coffee has begun to represent something slower and more intentional. Coffee brewing workshops and cafe-led sessions are emerging as quiet cultural spaces where young Delhiites gather to learn, connect and...
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Echoes of the Mikir Hills: Assam’s folk songs that live through ritual and memory
December 29, 2025
In Assam’s Mikir Hills, a unique festival where tribal families perform folk songs tied to rice beer ceremonies, forest rituals and storytelling. These songs are seldom recorded, and passed instead from one generation to the next through memory and practice, making them a fragi...
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Reni and Tolma: Off-beat forest trails in Uttarakhand
December 27, 2025
Stone houses dot the landscape and daily life flows in harmony with the surrounding forests and rivers in Reni and Tolma, two villages that had been in the limelight almost half a century ago during the Chipko movement that aimed to protect the rapidly diminishing forests in Utta...
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IMF Formation: Help, Power and Global Divide
December 27, 2025
#OnThisDay: On December 27, 1945, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was formally established with 29 founding member countries to promote global financial stability. #MIG
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