Stuti Pradhan and Animesh Gautam
We often hear our grandparents say, ‘hami tah jungle ko baato hirdai ka-ka pugthyo’ (we used to walk through forest areas to reach places), implying that they did not have pakka (concrete) roads at the time. In contemporary times, these ‘old’ forest trails, pivotal in mapping ‘local’ routes, have…
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Pema C Bhutia
Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim, sits nestled in the eastern Himalayas, its densest urban fabric concentrated on the southwestern slopes of the ridge. From a bird's eye view, the city reveals itself in layers — buildings stacked side-by-side along the contours of the land, each following the…
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Zoya Khan
Kashmir wa digar hech.
(Kashmir, and nothing else.)
—Emperor Jahangir’s dying words, as recorded in GMD Sufi’s Kashir: A History of Kashmir.
Kashmir, with its rich tapestry of Hindu, Buddhist, Mughal and British influences, stands as a cultural and historical melting pot. The Old City…
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Lakshmi Swaminathan
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Lakshmi Swaminathan
The Case of Sidhbari and Rakkar in the Kangra Valley
Every region in a country as vast as India has its own cultural variations. Although the cultural principles may remain the same, the manifestation of these principles is often different. This is implicit in the formation of any village,…
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Ajay Sood
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