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About Stay Nivas
Stay Nivas is a hospitality journal reviewing boutique and design-forward hotels through the lens of feeling, presence, and cultural depth. Founded by Yash Kothari, it offers honest, editorial-quality reviews shaped by an Indian-American perspective on what true hospitality means.
Reviews are independent, unsponsored, and never influenced by complimentary stays or affiliate relationships.
About Yash Kothari
Yash Kothari is an Indian-American founder, writer, and Forbes contributor based in New York City. His work has been published in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. A Wharton graduate and Y Combinator alum, he has founded two technology companies and serves as Senior VP at Pioneer Fund.
He writes about hospitality through the framework of atithi devo bhava, the Indian philosophy that the guest is sacred, examining how the world's best properties embody or fall short of that ideal.
Property Partnerships
Stay Nivas welcomes invitations to experience properties for review. All reviews are editorially independent regardless of how a stay is arranged. We do not accept payment for coverage, and we do not guarantee favorable reviews.
If you manage a property you believe aligns with the Stay Nivas lens, we'd welcome the conversation.
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