Friday, March 29, 2024

The children of Himalaya

Right at the entrance of Sikkim's Tsomgo Lake, there's a stairway leading down towards the local market that sells all kinds of winter wear, 'mountain' food (the...

A train from Uttarakhand

Picture Source: www.pixino.com It's not the goodbyes that hurt, it's the flashbacks that follow. Nobody could understand this quote better than Mr. Shyam Prasad Baluni who is a retired...

Inside the World’s only Carbon Negative Country – Bhutan

Bhutan, often perceived as James Hilton’s real-life Shangri-La, is no ordinary place. Comfortably tucked between two of the world’s most populous countries, this landlocked, mountain-clad kingdom is...

You Can Help Save Thano: Here’s How

While the first social movements occurred through protests and civil disobedience, the rise of the internet ushered in numerous online social movements. Since then, online social movements...

Top 5 Popular Treks in Nepal

Home to some cultures and religions that have shaped the philosophical outlook of the civilized world for the thousands of years, Nepal is not only a paradise...

Pradeep Sangwan receives praise from PM for cleaning Himalayas

Pradeep Sangwan's campaign of cleaning Himalayas and clearing off the plastic waste from different areas of the Himalayas garnered praise and acclamation  from Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

Educating Hima: Maggie Doyne on battling poverty in Nepal

American philanthropist Maggie Doyne founded Kopila Valley Children's Home in Nepal Maggie Doyne still remembers the moment that changed her life forever. A chance encounter with six-year-old Hima, a...

Mount Everest: Coronavirus reaches world’s tallest peak

COVID-19 has not left a single spot where it hasn't left it's footprints. Only this time it reached the world's highest mountain peak. The coronavirus has conquered the...

Cleaning souls

Cleaning souls “ bura mat dekho, bura mat suno,  bura mat bolo” contradicting this mantra of the father of the nation,  a gentleman followed its flip-sided mantra. Rather than...

The Reason

The Reason "What is making you smile?" "What are you thinking about? " "Did you remember a joke ?" "Are you high? " "Have you gone mad?" People ask when I smile...

Ladakhi traditions

The globalized world runs very fast endangering the delicate environment of Ladakh and the ancient respectful culture of its own population . Luckily some local associations, like...

Experiences Never To Forget

They say to travel whilst you're young. They say to forget about the money and make it work, because the experiences you face will be far more...

Gift a dream

She has never read a fairytale, never seen a story book before. I kept wondering how will she imagine her life without these mundane tasks if not...

Eat Play Chill : #Bhutan- A Picture Story

Bhutan has always been a special place to me ever since I started reading up about it for my first visit. I am the guy with the jacket...

International Forests Day 2021: How Can You Help Save Forests

The need to understand the values that reside in forests arises from the estimated rates of loss of forest area and, hence, in biological diversity. Forests worldwide are...

Adopting schools in a heavenly place.

  Imagine having a classroom located on the top of a hill. Having a window that distracts you from those green but misty mountains. The soft and cold...

17000 ft and Growing

Minus degrees temperature, no table or chairs, books in a language you barely comprehend and teachers who struggle with the lack of resources but still give it...

My Inspiration this Environment Day – Birdwoman, Niharika Rajput

Year after year, we celebrate ‘days’ like today to raise awareness of our impending doom, and then out of contrition, indulge in taking pledges to overcome them....

Tathastu Bhava

Tathastu Bhava is a group of people who solely wish to contribute back to the society through various measures.  It was incorporated as Not-for profit organization in...

Walking with Wings

A raspy cover of Brown’s classic ‘This is a Man’s World’ blasted through my headphones as we started on the long road from the Inner Terai valleys...

Himalayan towns like Darjeeling, Mussoorie and Kathmandu are going to fast run dry

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...

Would the Himalayas survive the impacts of Global Warming?

Photo: Climate4life The Himalayas, which also translates to an ‘abode of snow’, is home to 9 out of 10 of the world’s highest peaks, including the mighty Mount...

The Threat Of Losing 10,000 Trees Gives Rise To Another Chipko Movement In Uttarakhand

The Uttarakhand State Forest Department is in the final stages of handing over 243 acres of forest land to the Airport Authority of India for the extension of the...

Newly-built village falls within our territory, says China after encroaching Nepali land in Humla...

Backstabbing Nepal, China has illegally constructed villages in Humla district with state media saying that the buildings constructed falls within the Chinese territory. The newly-built village is in...

The Ziro Festival- Song, Apong and some company to go along

  The dormant valley of Ziro comes to life as artists from across the world unite together with the local artists to celebrate music. It started in 2012...

Construction of Zojila tunnel starts. To reduce travel time from 3 hrs to 15...

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday launched the first blasting for construction related work at the 14.15 km Zojila tunnel, one of the longest in Asia, that...

Why Rohtang Tunnel Can Turn From Boon to Bane for Lahaul’s People and Ecology

On October 3, the Rohtang tunnel was inaugurated by the Prime Minister in Manali. There was the usual euphoria on the part of both the Central and...

A Helping Hand

I, Ritwik Borthakur, founder of first ever Assam's NGO cum Biker group known as The Angels Riders Group or TARG want to share my experiences as a...

Cloudbursts, Landslides & Floods: Himalaya Is A Fragile Ecosystem

On July 28, at least seven people were killed, 17 injured and over 35 went missing after a cloudburst hit a remote village of Jammu and Kashmir. Infact,...

Khalid Ahamed, Salman Elahi, Akanksha Grover Live to headline Musicathon 10.0 in Bir

The 10th edition of Musicathon, the much talked about two-day musical festival slated to be held this April will be graced by the talented pool of nine...

A need to rejuvenate the mighty Ganga

Plastic waste flowing in Ashwani Khad We often make plans for an escapade to the Himalayas, in the hope of witnessing its so-called pristine beauty and experience the...

INTERNATIONAL YOGA FESTIVAL’19- RISHIKESH

Picture Credit : Embassy of India, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Rishikesh, the yoga capital of the world, invites everyone across the globe who has embraced the divine lifestyle for the 7...

Women from the Kumaon Himalayas.

Several cultural norms have accustomed women to live the life of inferiority in rural areas. Where a woman catalyses development, but she is often pulled down to...

Preserving Ladakh: Culture, History and An Abundance of Serenity

The former royal palace of Leh, built in the 17th century is a prominent landmark currently being restored by the Archaeological Survey of India. Housing a museum...

Human-triggered fatal landslides are becoming frequent in the Himalayas and Western Ghats

Six days of relentless rain had saturated the soil on the rolling slopes of Rajamala hamlet in Anamalai hills – which support tea and coffee plantations –...

DAB : Donate A Book Campaign

In this year full of experiences in Uttarakhand, I (Linita) & Eshan came to a common understanding that the importance of Libraries in Government Primary Schools are...

The Monastery Vibes

"Living in a monastery, even as a guest rather than a monk, you have more opportunities than you might have elsewhere to see the world as it...

Success Story : Bhutan Vaccinates 93% of Adults in Just 16 Days

Bhutan's population touches 8,00,000 people to be precise. The tiny Himalayan kingdom sandwiched between India and China has a unique story to tell to the rest of...
Reema, Near Nepal Border, Uttarakhand

Overcoming my fear of heights.

  In my childhood my travel toward my natives gave me goosebumps. And my father loved to roadtrip all of us toward Goa. Because the mountainous range has beautifully...

India’s Global Himalayan Expedition wins UN award for efforts to fight climate change amid...

An Indian organisation that leverages tourism and technology to help remote communities access solar energy has won a prestigious UN award for its efforts to combat climate...

Photographer Trupal Pandya’s Stellar Vision of The Himalayan Tribe

Born and brought up in Gujarat, Trupal Pandya is a professional photographer who is based between Washington DC and New York. As a photographer, mastering a photography technique...

Making a Real Difference – Project EBC

‘It’s Awesomely Awful!’ exclaimed Bette Chen in a blog post about Project EBC - her ‘Adventure with a Mission’, that was born from a few chance meetings...

Migration to the hills.

If you ever plan a road trip to Nepal from Almora you will surely pass through this interesting place named Reema, a cluster that falls under Bageshwar...