Himalayan exoticism has turned out to be an economic commodity, and not just for those who live here. All kinds of Western (the term including Japanese) professionals continue to make
The myth of Gurkha invincibility is belied by their graves in the battlefields of Gallipoli and Tobruk. The myth of fearlessness tends to deny the humanity of the Nepali soldier.
It has been almost 15 years since Erik Eckholm's book Losing Ground hit the stands and made many aware of the perils of Himalayan ecological degradation. Since then,
The Himalaya has taken to tourism in a big way. International visitors are swelling the high valleys from Chitral in Pakistan, eastward through Manali, Thak Khola, Khumbu, Sandakpu to Wangdiphodrang
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A Quest for Survival
At the age of 16, Diwan Singh Bohra was forced to leave his village of Karan Karayat in Pithoragarh District of Uttar Pradesh. His father, Badri
THE International Centre for Integrat¬ed Mountain Development (ICI¬MOD) has completed two years of ope¬ration and "is off and running", according to its Director, Colin Rosser.
WHEN the sun set behind the moun¬tains in the village of Benighat in Central Nepal, Bishnu Shrestha used to board up his store and go home to bed. Today,
RABINDRA Thapa, 24, a community health worker associated with Save the Children (USA) is making his rounds through the communities of north Gorkha. At the village of Archalay in Lakury
