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The last yak herders of Nepal's Mustang Valley

Unlike their lowland cousins, yaks are a difficult lot. In the silence of these towering mountains where clouds come to die, Tsering’s 60 yaks grunt in symphony, the steam from their nostrils leaving behind a vapour trail in the cold air. As seasons came and went, herd animals would tread all over mountain trails, and for herders like Tsering’s father …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Connecting the drops: Mridula Ramesh writes on India, China and the mighty Brahmaputra

Hindustan Times

It was round and black with a tiny trilobite embedded in its smoothness. Colonial rulers introduced another change that profoundly shaped our geography: tax schemes that pushed farmers towards cash crops, and came packaged alongside a truly dangerous idea: that technology can always improve water supply, so one needn’t worry too much about use. But, a 2023 study found that …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

View from the Himalaya | Continuity in ‘neighbourhood first’ policy evident in Modi 3.0

Hindustan Times

The Modi 3.0 has delivered a clear message of continuity to its neighbourhood. Last Tuesday, when Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited New Delhi, hers was the first bilateral visit by a foreign head of government to the Indian capital after Prime Minister Modi’s re-election. When Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ made his first bilateral visit to India …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

3 great Himalayan summer getaways

Live Mint

As summer sets in with all its scorching fury across India, it’s time to plan a getaway. The Gokyo Lakes Trek, Khumbu Valley, Nepal: Compared to the hardships of trekking in most areas of the Himalaya, a trek in the Everest region can be an epicurean delight. And one of the best ways to enjoy the grand mountain vistas of …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Is there a way out of the troubled India-China relationship?

The Hindu

Published : Feb 09, 2023 10:35 IST India-China relations have gone through cycles of conflict and cooperation over nearly 75 years. In my 2020 book written just after the Galwan clash, India Versus China: Why They Are Not Friends, I suggested that one way of thinking about the long-term conflict between the two sides is in terms of four Ps: …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Opinion | A Himalayan blunder

The Hindu

The Himalaya is a fragile mountain range that is still rising as the Indian plate continues to push into the Asian plate. At over 6,000 feet, Joshimath sits on the side of an unstable ridge created largely from glacial moraine rock and shale in a rift valley. At the time of independence, 75 years ago, the Uttarakhand region had only …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Excerpt: Himalaya by John Keay

Hindustan Times

.Visitors to Darjeeling are urged to rise early. A short figure with a droopy moustache, receding hairline and not much in the way of small talk, the fortyyear-old Captain Francis Edward Younghusband is dressed, beneath his dripping oilskins, in ‘Marching order’ – ‘breeches, gaiters, brown boots, flannel shirt, khaki coat and forage cap’. With more troops and greater firepower, the …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Visualising the Himalaya with other coordinates

The Hindu

A conceptual audit of questions related to geopolitics and security concerns while talking or thinking about the Himalaya is perhaps long overdue. The Mission document avowedly claims: “The Government of India has come-up with this Mission in recognition of the fact that the Himalayan Ecosystem is important for ecological security of India.” Thus, comes the Indian Himalaya. Understanding the Himalaya …

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The last yak herders of Nepal's Mustang Valley

Connecting the drops: Mridula Ramesh writes on India, China and the mighty Brahmaputra

View from the Himalaya | Continuity in ‘neighbourhood first’ policy evident in Modi 3.0

3 great Himalayan summer getaways

Is there a way out of the troubled India-China relationship?

Opinion | A Himalayan blunder

Excerpt: Himalaya by John Keay

Visualising the Himalaya with other coordinates