Sarika Bansal

Editorial director, @AFARmedia. Author, TREAD BRIGHTLY: NOTES ON ETHICAL TRAVEL. Was EIC @brightthemag. Lover of crossword puzzles and hot sauce. SAH-rih-kah.

[Sarika Bansal @sarika008]

@aidnography @Enugu62 @6oldberg @MalakaGharib Long time Tobias, so great to hear from you! And hi @MalakaGharib :)

[Sarika Bansal @sarika008]

Please like this original tweet to help us win :) This is my favorite cover at @AFARmedia , and for sure the most original travel magazine cover I've ever seen.

[Sarika Bansal @sarika008]

Loved working on this beautiful, funny, love-filled essay. Features majestic glaciers, a reference to Drake, and stinky penguins. @rgay, from @AFARmedia's Winter 2023 print issue.

[Sarika Bansal @sarika008]

@ssantoshini @FiftyTwoDotIn @IWMF Can't wait to read this!

[Sarika Bansal @sarika008]

@Allophile @AFARmedia Thank you! Credit goes to our amazing art team for designing that piece and finding all of those photos!

[Sarika Bansal @sarika008]

@rose_dykins @roadbook my full name at gmail!

[Sarika Bansal @sarika008]

Same here! Great job, Ketong, on covering the complicated subject of voluntourism. I don't know how to get in touch with you, but I'd love to get you a copy of my book "Tread Brightly: Notes on Ethical Travel."

[Jacob Kushner @JacobKushner]

Honored that student Ketong Li cited my, @PhilippaBiddle & @sarika008's reporting in her award-winning @nytimes essay. https://t.co/BGvhGE7NRA @missporters The Voluntourist’s Dilemma: https://t.co/Y9xsgkVD9D

[Sarika Bansal @sarika008]

This comment made my day! To me, travel is not just about escaping the world, but engaging with the world more deeply. Travel journalism IMO should be a vehicle to help people see the world in a more complex, curious, open-hearted way ✨

[Nikki Padilla Rivera (she, her) @Nikkiblp]

@sarika008 Finally got through my Spring 2022 @AFARmedia issue. So many publications/tour companies/etc make bold claims about brining attention to Responsible Tourism but this issue was SO much more than lip service! Looking forward to my next issue more than ever 🎉

[Sarika Bansal @sarika008]

Thank you so much for reading me and these other wonderful authors!

[Nicole Griffin Wellness @hellacoolnicole]

Loved reading these very thought-provoking books last month! Thanks to @bettertravelpod and @PaigeMcClanahan for the recs! 📚
@AnuTaranath @sarika008 @anniemdaly @AzizAbuSarah
#mindfultravel #wellnesstravel #travelforgood #ethicaltravel

[Sarika Bansal @sarika008]

@melaniekahl This made my day 🌼🌼🌼

[Sarika Bansal @sarika008]

@sharmadillo Hello, friend! You might like this essay I published a few years ago. My answer would be yes, because I think kids should be exposed to lots of ideas and thinkers, and if one doesn't stand the test of time, it could prompt (an age-appropriate) discussion.

https://t.co/d3aPDsUwnt

[Sarika Bansal @sarika008]

@natessa2022 @AFARmedia Wow, thank you! What was it? My email is sbansal at afar dot com ✨

[Sarika Bansal @sarika008]

My dreams of strolling around Paris with a croissant and beret were dashed when I arrived to inclement weather, stroller in hand. But there is still a lot to love about the City of Light in the cold. My first digital piece for @AFARmedia: https://t.co/1AVBAG0N6j

[Sarika Bansal @sarika008]

@abbyfalik @courtwrites @danielapapi Thank you so much for sharing, Abby! I'm super interested in digital nomadism right now and will definitely read this.

[Sarika Bansal @sarika008]

@sharmadillo @FlyRwandAir ❤️❤️❤️

[Sarika Bansal @sarika008]

All of this. And also, I think the assumption is that fighting in the Middle East or Africa will stay there, while a European war could expand to other parts of the world.

[Jill Filipovic @JillFilipovic]

Part of this is an understandable proximity question — Europeans are physically proximate, Americans have long felt culturally closer to Europe, and millions of Americans are Ukrainian, Russian, or descendants. But a big part of it really is just a massive empathy gap.

[Sarika Bansal @sarika008]

Such incredible news! I'm so chuffed to be part of this small and mighty team that is helping redefine what travel means during a difficult time, and showing readers how to explore the world responsibly, with curiosity and joy.

[Sarika Bansal @sarika008]

At 62, Dr. Farmer passed away far too early. He still had so much left to give. Though, by the same token, he has left an indelible mark on the world. He changed the field of global health. I hope he rests easy, and it's on the rest of us to continue his legacy. A luta continua.

[Sarika Bansal @sarika008]

A few of the lessons I learned from Dr. Paul Farmer, my professor, mentor, and lifelong inspiration:

1) Values show up not in what you say, but what you do. Dr. Farmer spent so much time in Haiti, and truly lived *in community* while there, seemingly with ease and grace.

[Sarika Bansal @sarika008]

7 (contd)) ...and no longer used for productive agriculture. It was a reminder that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and that landscapes are always more complicated than they may appear to the naked eye.