Jelena Fürst

There is a certain kind of dress a certain kind of woman has in her closet. She is most likely Hungarian, tho…

Balatonalmádi is a small lakeside village in Hungary still brimming with socialist influence: Stalinist archi…

Spending nights playing with diceGoing out on moonlight nightsKeeping the festive day in honour of springPluc…

Immediately after the title card, this film feels a lot like the director's first picture, Son of Saul. The c…

This week 250 years ago, a tiny, unassuming island nation was founded. A minuscule speck on the map of Italy,…

Mumbai*, the city of dreams, is a handful. Things are hard in India's second city, with suffering, poverty an…

I was born in Budapest. Many things change about a person, but where one is born does not, usually. Now, of c…

With such amazing food, friendly people, rich history, and great weather, it is no wonder Italy is a traveler…

Berlin, du bist so wunderbar. The German capital, known for being the coolest place to be if you're trying to…

People, all of them western, often counter my amorous accounts of India with "escapism" - the concept of hidi…

It was one of those easy, balmy Indian nights when, watching the sun come up over the mess that is Bombay, my…

If I've learned one thing about India it's that you need to accept things. And by things I mean all of the th…

India is an incredibly colourful place. And I'm not just talking about the tamarind that stains your hands, c…

The rains aren't all bad, though - the first drops of rain are welcomed by screaming children and the first d…

We're fast approaching that time where gyms start to empty out again after the initial rush of "I will get my…

Established in 1918, and located in Mumbai, The Yoga Institute is recognized as the oldest organized yoga cen…

Images of India wax and wane, over five years spent there only serving to confuse, now. This is an essay on t…