Ladakh
Yaya Tso: A birdwatching paradise in the heart of Ladakh
March 7, 2023
Located in the midst of snowcapped peaks of Himalayas near the Chumathang village of Ladakh, Yaya Tso is one of the most enticing destinations for nature lovers, visiting Ladakh, the land which has been popular among tourists and travel enthusiasts for offering one of the most be...
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Top 10 cheapest places to travels in 2023
December 16, 2022
One of the biggest changes in the Indian society over the past couple of decades is the huge growth in travel, both domestic and international. The travel bug seems to have bitten everyone, from students and not so well-off families to single girls and of course families. While e...
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World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought: Rising desertification across India
June 17, 2022
According to a report by the Indian Space Research Organisation and Desertification and Land Degradation, 97,850,000 hectares of India’s total geographical area of 328,720,000 hectares underwent land degradation during 2018-19. Report says, 29.7 pc of the country’s land becom...
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From Quad Summit to China: India must stop doing Biden’s bidding
May 25, 2022
The fourth Quad Summit, second in-person, has ended in Japanese capital Tokyo on a predictable note, with more intensive targetting of China, especially for its aggressive misadventures in the Indo-Pacific region. Though the leaders of the four member nations, United States Presi...
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Lessons for India in ruckus over AUKUS
September 19, 2021
In a clear sign that it was not letting go of the issue, France ratcheted up its criticism of the triad of United States, United Kingdom and Australia over the nuclear submarine deal that killed a EUR 56 billion deal which Australia had signed with France over two years ago. Usin...
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Ladakh peace deal: Enter the Dragon
February 13, 2021
A satisfactory outcome of any negotiation is when you end up with more than what you had before, or the other party loses more than you do. Maybe it is time that the powers that be in Delhi learnt the art of negotiations again and preferably from the Chinese who seem to best thei...
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Voluntourism in India: Travel to transform lives
February 10, 2021
“I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” Naveen Godiyal quotes Mary Anne Radmacher, a famed writer and an artist based in the United States while talking about his experience of volunteering across different places in India as a backpac...
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Hackathon HAB-59 for mobile apps launched
July 20, 2020
Joining the race to develop apps to replace the 59 Chinese apps banned by central government, a novel hackathon has been launched in Pune. Pune-based Terre Policy Centre has joined hands with MIT-ADT university to launch a unique hackathon to encourage students all over the count...
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Weekend wandering in Wetlands
February 22, 2020
Wetlands are disappearing three times faster than the forests due to human activities and global heating, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). With their disappearance, not only will the ecological aspects be lost but the immeasurable amount of scenic bea...
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Top five disappearing places
February 15, 2020
These locations might not be dying but like Venice, they are incurably sick.
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Exodus of Kashmiri pandits
January 24, 2020
In the year 1990, Kashmiri pandits had witnessed a hysterical, macabre night in the form of blaring threats and slogans, asking them to either convert to Islam or face death. Most of them fled their home for centuries to find shelter as refugees in other parts of India.
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Kung Fu nuns to the rescue
November 4, 2019
Wearing their traditional maroon robes, these nuns are acing physical fitness, endorsing gender equality and developing an environmental-friendly way of living.
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