How IHCL Is Using Sound to Redefine the Luxury Hotel Experience

For decades, India sold its past to travellers. In 2026, we are creating an ambitious cultural economy in which the living intangible heritage—the weave, the recipe, the performance, the festival—has become the primary tourism asset.

The New Cultural Capital

Using discarded shipping containers and earth, Vinu Daniel of Wallmakers shapes a restaurant in Tuticorin around climate, constraint, and material intelligence.

The Case for Building Less

The world’s densest rhino habitat is also its most overlooked, until now. On the banks of the Brahmaputra, Assam's newest luxury retreat, Rhino &amp; River Wildlife Retreat &amp; Spa, is making the case for a destination that has always deserved more than a passing glance.

The River, the Rhino and the Spell

How IHCL is redefining the Ganga journey.

The Sacred Journey

This Pride Month, SOH exclusively interacts with Michelin-starred chef and culinary icon Suvir Saran on his latest book&nbsp;Tell My Mother I like Boys, a personal memoir of love, life, loss, lessons and learnings.

I Happen To Be A Man Who Loves Men: Chef Suvir Saran

A student journey through the Himalayas with barely enough money for the next meal, to the canals of Venice and the savannahs of Africa, artist Paresh Maity has spent a lifetime moving through the world with a brush in hand, exploring light, colour, people, and landscape.

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