Much has changed since India achieved independence seventy years ago; the economic revolution has introduced new wealth into booming cities, while technology continues to spread into even the most unlikely corners of the country.

Yet as urban India races towards the future at breakneck pace, vast swathes of the Subcontinent still remain untrodden by travellers. Little-explored regions such as Gujarat, Arunachal Pradesh – or even the far-flung Andaman Islands – offer flavours and cultures quite different to more touristed states such as Rajasthan, Kerala or Goa.