Mark Nicholls

Mark Nicholls is an award-winning journalist, travel writer and author and has been travelling to India since the early 1990s. In recent years, he has spent a significant amount of time in Mumbai, walking the streets around the Colaba and Fort areas, riding the rails of the Mumbai Metropolitan Railway system and visiting some of the lesser known sights of Mumbai, as well as the city's popular highlights.

He has also spent time with the city's famous dabbawalas and immersed himself in the city's cafe society and its renowned street food scene. Previously, he had worked for a number of years as a news journalist, including time as a war correspondent covering conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan during the early 2000s before focusing on travel writing.

He lives in Norfolk in the UK but continues to visit India on a regular bases as well as travelling elsewhere across Asia and Europe.