Pavan Shamdasani is a freelance writer, based between Hong Kong and Europe.
He has written on travel, lifestyle and culture for TIME, BBC, CNN, The Economist, Variety, Tatler, Nikkei Asia and more. Pavan has written and contributed to several books, including an award-winning Hong Kong guidebook for the city’s tourism board, the latest edition of Fodor’s Budapest, and essays for Rough Guide to Slow Travel in Europe.
Pavan has traveled to over 60 countries in the past decade, and has interviewed everyone from Red Hot Chili Peppers and Roger Moore, to Chloe Sevigny and Julian Schnabel.
PUBLICATIONS:
Asia Times
BBC
CNN
Culture Trip
The Economist
Fodor’s
Nikkei Asia
Roads & Kingdoms
Rough Guides
SCMP
Tatler
TIME
Variety
+ more