[ad_1] My travels have always been spontaneous. We [wife Svetlana, and kids Zoraveur, 10, and Beyla, 5] don’t need an excuse to pile into my Ford EcoSport and head out. I often go to the mountains with the children because it’s accessible, I love driving in the hills, and they get to experience life that […]
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[ad_1] Attendees at the Shoonya festival in Uttarakhand, 2023 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In a bustling landscape of festivals clamouring for attention with their A-list celebrity line-ups and gastronomic delights, stands a festival of nothingness. All set to be held in Tehri, Uttarakhand, the Shoonya Festival beckons soul-seekers, free spirits, and the curious minded […]
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[ad_1] Skiers take the chairlift in Gulmarg | Photo Credit: Sajad Hameed/Getty Images In the cold winter mornings, when most of Gulmarg is fast asleep under layers of thick, cosy blankets, Amit Kapoor slips into his skiing gear and zips down the powdery slopes of the Apharwat Peak. The temperature, -2 degrees Celsius — hardly deters him. […]
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[ad_1] Author Nuzhat Khan | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Author Nuzhat Khan is among the growing tribe of writers confronting the world’s most pressing issue — climate emergency and the unfolding weather catastrophe — through a genre of fiction set in natural ecosystems. In her latest novel Whistling Woods (Petals Publishers), she highlights the impact of forest […]
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[ad_1] The Rudra meditation cave near Kedarnath. A little over a kilometre’s trek from Kedarnath, the Rudra meditation cave, about 3,500 metres above sea level, is booked out for April. It has a 75% booking for May and 65% for June, during the Char Dham Yatra in Uttarakhand, scheduled to start on April 22. | […]
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[ad_1] Early on a warm May morning in 2022, we wind our way between lush green bushes and neon-pink homes to the edge of the Shivalik Hills. This is Narendra Nagar in Uttarakhand. The Ananda Palace Estate rises on the southern horizon, casting its longitudinal shadows over the depreciating green cover on the sloping hillsides. […]
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[ad_1] The U.N. General Assembly votes in favour of a resolution upholding Ukraine’s territorial integrity and calling for a cessation of hostilities after Russia’s invasion, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, at United Nations headquarters. | Photo Credit: AP India abstains in U.N. vote underscoring need for just, lasting peace in Ukraine India abstained in the U.N. General Assembly on February […]
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[ad_1] At the peak of Uttarakhand’s statehood movement in the 1990s, the hills would often reverberate with the ” Kodo-Jhangora khayenge, Uttarakhand banayenge” slogan, remembers Dwarika Prasad Semwal, a social activist who has pioneered a mission to popularise the State’s traditional foods. The slogan appealed to Mr. Semwal, at the time a teenager helping his […]
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[ad_1] Women poll officials head toward their respective polling stations for the Tripura Assembly elections, in Agartala, on Feb. 15, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Tripura voters hold the winning card as State goes to the polls today A triangular contest—between the BJP, the Left Front-Congress combine and new entrant Tipra Motha—is on the cards […]
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[ad_1] The logo of McKinsey & Company management consulting firm. File. | Photo Credit: AFP Uttarakhand has hired McKinsey, a global management consultancy, to help the Himalayan State in achieving the target of doubling its Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) in the next five years. The State has the target of doubling GSDP from ₹2.73 […]
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