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He has since his childhood seen the ecological degradation of the Rohtang Pass in Himachal Pradesh – which remains snowbound for over six months of...

We get pushed around and treated like garbage because there is no one to speak for us," says Shambhu, the 17-year-old editor of India's only newspaper...

Sex is considered to be a social taboo in India. Most Indians avoid discussing sex in the open, despite the fact that India has a population of 1.27...

Every river in the country has a history of cultural significance and has been worshipped for several reasons. The rivers like Ganga, Yamuna,...

Fictional detective Tintin, whose adventures became veritable study lessons of geography for entire generations, completed 88 years recently since...

Mountains, narrow winding ways of the legendary Silk Route with few hamlets sprinkled like salt and pepper all over commanded a magnificent view of...

The last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar, who was banished to Rangoon by the British after the events of 1857, lamented that he could not be buried...

"In the long run we all are dead", wrote John Maynard Keynes, the great British economist, in 1923 on the debate in Great Britain on restoring the...

Jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way... Oh! What fun is to ride in a one horse open sleigh... Dashing through the snow in a horse open...

A bird’s eye view will give you an inkling of a big open classroom. As you come close you can easily recognize many classrooms within the classroom...

With persistent water problems, it is natural for people to fight with neighbours to get ahead in water supply queues and for the states to fight with...

Rumour mongering has become a grave problem in our society. With modern gadgets and technology in use, rumour mongering via social media has gone...