Development planning in the Himalayas needs not just brains, but also strong legs, says Toni Hagen
Dr. Toni Hagen began his long march in the Himalaya in the fall of
In their rush to make development happen, planners and developers some times forget, or push to the side, people who just happen to be in the way.
Rameswar Choudhary points
This year too, late monsoon rains brought news of devastation as mountain-sides succumbed to the pull of gravity – from the Indian north-east westward, through Bhutan, Nepal, Himachal Pradesh and beyond.
Allegations are mounting as colleagues say scientist's field findings were made up.
The sparks continue to fly around Panjab University, Chandigarh geologist Vishwa Jit Gupta, who was accused
Peter Rodgers, a Harvard University Professor of Civil Engineering, has studied water issues in the Brahmaputra and Ganges delta for several decades. He was member of a fact-finding team sent
There is heartening report about the Javanese cousins of the South Asian rhinoceros. At the same time, there is reason to worry about the Manchurian relative of the Royal Bengal
The closure of the southern transit points by India, in late March, brought unprecedented crisis to landlocked Nepal. The impact was severest in Kathmandu, where two kinds of lines were
A year ago, if you had told the pujari at Muktinath that by Dasain he would be doing his evening prayers by electric light, he would have responded, sure, and
Mountain rescue techniques in the Himalaya have been fashioned after rescue systems in the Alps and the American Rockies. The tendency has been to concentrate on sophisticated helicopter based rescue
Bombay's red light district is notorious for being the endpoint of a flesh trade that has taken thousands of young Nepali girls from the poverty of hill villages
Dr. Shanti Ghosh, a respected Indian pediatrician and senior health consultant with the United Nations, was one those who put "girl child" concerns squarely on the South Asian
