Talk of Assam and one immediately thinks of the mighty Brahmaputra, the Bihu dance or the rhinos of Kaziranga National Park. But very rarely do we think of the indigenous eri and muga silk of Assam. U...

This winter was an extended one in Ladakh, stretching into April. The snow capped mountains continued to send chilly winds down the Leh valley. April is when the valley wakes up to the sun and melting...

Asiatic lions were once hunted almost to extinction, and now only a few remain in the world. So what if we are able to view the last Asiatic lions in the wild, without even crossing our borders? I had...

"Ha Chhu" our friendly guide, Mr Pelden said, gesturing. But, unlike what most of my friends assumed, it wasn't a sneeze, but the name of the river flowing through the intersecting hills of the valley...