Harish Kapadia, as his name suggests, is a kapada merchant. Sitting crosslegged in his shop, M/s Ramdas Bhagwandas, from noon till about ten at night, he sells cloth. Stacks
Everest multi-summiteer Ang Rita Sherpa would have been an international celebrity if he spoke English, had fair skin, and concentrated on selling himself rather than grazing his yaks.
"The time for dilly-dallying is over, we need to face the issues up front," says Pakistan's foremost human rights activist.
TALK ABOUT HUMAN rights in Pakistan
A Ladahhi Tibetan-Buddhist monk serving as Indian Ambassador to Mongolia.
Since Ambassador Plenipotentiary Kushok G. Bakula Rimpoche became the Indian envoy in 1990, he has played a central role in
A few weeks ago, in the northern Assam town of Tezpur, a small group gathered in the elegant drawing room of the Goswamis, a prominent doctor couple, sipping drinks and
A proponent and scholar of traditional music takes pride in Nepal's rich Traditions and laments its decline.
I, Ramsharan Darnal, am a member of the Damai caste, whose
Krishna Narayan Shrestha is one of the finest living musicians in the Nepali Hindustani classical music tradition. Since in his early twenties, the 67-year-old maestro has won prizes in different
For over 35 years, Visheshwar Sakiani has worked to bring greenery back to Pujar Village and its surroundings in Tehri Garhwal. With his own energy and meagre resources, Saklani has
It was 1940, and Chandra Bahadur Garbuja dreamed of serving valiantly under the British Crown against the Japanese. He left the village of Sikha in Myagdi District in central Nepal