If there’s ever been a year to binge-read nature-travel books, it’s this one. Through most of 2020 we barely journeyed beyond our living rooms, and really, the only conversation worth
1.Land of the Thunder Dragon Bhutan, fondly referred to as Land of the Thunder Dragon is a nation that leads by example. Besides the staggering natural beauty of this Himalayan
She was five years old when the Himalayas broke. Not in the poetic sense; but literally, catastrophically, in the way that only mountains can: with roaring floodwaters, cascading boulders, and
In 2013, an Indian engineer started a sustainable development enterprise called Global Himalayan Expedition. Since then, it has installed solar power in 131 villages of three regions of India, changing
Famed mountain retreats such as Mussoorie, Darjeeling and Kathmandu may soon face acute water distress — with a demand-supply gap already as vast as 70 percent in some towns —
You might have thought there were no corners of the earth modern aircraft didn’t fly over. But there are still a few last frontiers – the Arctic, Antarctica, and the
If you’ve ever dreamed about strolling on a glass skywalk, then you don’t need to spend a bomb to visit a foreign country to do so as Sikkim, the land
On reaching the peak of Mount Everest, climbers usually pose for photographs, fly their country’s flag, or just gaze at the majestic Himalayas. Khim Lal Gautam, a surveyor who works
Scientists at Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology have unearthed large concentrations of micro and moderate magnitude earthquakes in Uttarakhand’s Dharchula region and adjoining areas of Kumaon Himalaya due to stress in the region and
The world is in an ‘era of pandemics.’ Unless the destruction of the natural world is halted, diseases will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, kill more people and affect
It’s not the easiest time to plan a holiday, but here’s taking one little pain-point away: we looked up the top Indian hill-stations that you can fly to right now,
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