Sarina Singh : Coordinating Author. After finishing a business degree in Melbourne, Sarina travelled to India where she pursued a hotel corporate traineeship before becoming a journalist. Alter five years she returned to Australia and completed postgraduate journalism qualifications before authoring Lonely Planet's first edition of Rajasthan. Apart from numerous Lonely Planet books she has written for a raft of newspapers and magazines, and has been a scriptwriter and travel columnist.
Sarina is also the author of two prestigious publications – Polo in India and India : Essential Encounters. Her award-nominated documentary film premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival before being screened internationally. Sarina wrote the Welcome to India, India's Top 17 and the India Today chapters. Michael Benanav : Uttarakhand, Gujarat. As a writer and photojournalist who covers issues affecting traditional cultures.
Michael knew he hit the motherlode when he first visited Gujarat, criss-crossing the state on his way to remote tribal villages. In Uttarakhand, he's migrated with nomadic water buffalo herders in the Himalaya and joined religious worshipper on mountainous pilgrimage trails. The abundance of fascinating stories in these states – and the friendships he's formed in them - keep drawing him back. Michael also wrote the Trekking, India's Wildlife & Parks and The Landscape chapters.
Abigail Blasi : Delhi. This is Abigail's sixth India title for Lonely Planet, and she was delighted to return to explore Delhi again, learning to love Paharganj, exploring the city's enclaves, and cycling through the mayhem of Old Delhi. She fell in love with the country on her first visit in 1994, and since then she's explored and written on India from north to south and back again. She's covered plenty of other places for Lonely Planet too, from Mauritania and Mali to Rome and Lisbon.
Abigail also wrote the Need to Know, If You Like, Month by Month, Itineraries, Booking Trains, Yoga, Spas & Spiritual Pursuits, Volunteering, Travel with Children, Regions at a Glance, History, The Way of Life, Spiritual India, Delicious India, The Great Indian Bazaar, The Arts, Sacred Architecture, Scams, Women & Solo Travellers, Directory, Transport and Health chapters.
