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The Man who brought Everest to Korea

Four years ago I visited Nepal. It is a small country, its right hand holds the palm of China, and its left hand rests on the shoulder of India, so that between them appears a nut in the jaws of a giant crusher… It has Mount Everest; the tallest peak in the world, continuously visited by travelers and adventurers, and Buddha, the boy

“A Kiss In Kashmir” Promises A Second Chance At Love

A woman’s desire to reconnect with her past leads to an unexpected new beginning – a reminder that life gives us second chances Optimism is the core of this novel I have known the author of “A Kiss in Kashmir,” Monica Saigal for several years now. I was her editor when she used to write for India Currents

Rajasthan Sindhi Academy organizes All India Sindhi Writers and Poets Festival

Around 100 Sindhi writers, poets from different cities of India participated in literary and poetry recitation sessions; best writers were awarded with shields and cash prize The Rajasthan Sindhi Academy organized a one-day All India Sindhi Writers and Poets Festival (Akhal Bharat Sindhi Lekhak Ain Kavi Samelan) in Jaipur on March 13,

Hug a Tree, Spot a Leopard in Rajasthan

In Rajasthan, Raj discovers a Bishnoi ethos that informs a spiritual tree-hugging practice which pre-dates the modern climate change movement. A post-covid trip to Rajasthan Thomas Hardy’s Far from the Madding Crowd inspired my wife (Mangla) and my first trip back to India since Covid shut down the world. We wanted to be in

Visiting the Rabari in India’s Kutch: nomads on an ancient land

India’s nomadic pastoralists migrate for eight months a year, covering huge distances The animals are returning on a biblical scale, flooding into this green expanse, like grains of sand rushing into an hourglass. Water buffalo, camel caravans, herds of cows and goats swarm over the horizon towards me on these vast, stark plains