'11 Issue 12

Oxford is Britain’s second most visited city. Those dreamy spires, amazing architecture, lush lawns and moody meadows bewitch. Verve revisits to discover glam hotels and culinary bliss
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The party season has kicked in, calling out to social creatures, loud and clear... it’s time to shake a leg and down your favourite poison.... Verve locates the country’s hippest nightclubs which will allow you to let down your hair, with a dash of oomph and flamboyance...
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The arrival of global coffee house behemoths in the country proves that modern Indian café culture has reached a new level of maturity and competitive excitement. Thanks to the espresso machine – and all that comes with it – a generation of young people has been liberated, observes Jonathan Foreman
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Two fabulous jungle camps, joint ventures between Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces and &Beyond, known as Taj Safaris – each one different from the other – provide the perfect draw to the heartland of Madhya Pradesh and a viewing of the majestic tiger in its natural habitat. Verve visits the wilds of Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book and returns refreshed, to tell the tale
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Flamboyant hostess and designer Divya Mohta invites select guests to her well-appointed home to celebrate the birth of her label Tambourine. Farah Palia takes in the priceless paintings and silverware while dining with the swish set
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Verve visits conceptual artist Sudarshan Shetty and his actor-dancer wife Seema at their Chembur penthouse and discovers a home apart
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