From Alps to Himalayas – A New Beginning
Prologue Prologue 11 October, 2011, Luzern, Switzerland, EU Garhwali Woman in traditional attire. Garhwal is a north Indian mountain region. Photo: Gajendra Rautela Dr. R.S.Tolia sat at the Mountain...
View ArticleBuilding with BRICS – Part 1
With barely two months to the big event at Rio de Janeiro, the world is torn between hopeless resignation and curious expectation. Speculations are rife by people and media regarding the possible...
View ArticleDrugs from Golden Triangle Hit Northeastern India
The seven states of northeast India are festering. This part of the country is known for its lush hills, biodiversity and natural resources. Yet the seven states (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya,...
View ArticleAfghan Students Travel to India in Search of Higher Education
For two days he ate only bananas. The Indian food was too peppery and oily for Safa Sarwary who came to the capital, New Delhi, for his undergraduate studies. “Food and hot weather are major hurdles...
View ArticleKallenbach Letters: What If Gandhi Was Gay?
This is a cross-post from pabitraspeaks.com MY DEAR FRIEND, I feel like crying out to you ‘Do come and help me!’ Mrs. Gandhi is again down with her swellings. She has lost all power of resistance....
View ArticleThe Purple Frog and Development
The rain stopped a while ago. It sat inconspicuous on the mulch and turned its small head towards the distant haze, sensing for the direction of the sea with its ancient amphibian wisdom. It is the sea...
View ArticleIndia rises in protests, asks: will this war against women end?
Protest outside Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi over gang rape. Photo by Ramesh Lalwani via Flickr under creative commons license. The previously-anonymous woman once christened Damini [Lightning in...
View ArticlePhoto Essay: Arsenic, a Daily Dose of Death by Sucheta Das
Water contaminated with arsenic becomes a killer, the hangman of humankind. West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and others Indian states situated by the River Ganges are suffering due to...
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