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Living dangerously in Lahaul Spiti
Read more here: Living dangerously in Lahaul SpitiPublished on March 29, 1979 While M. S. Gill writes of the hazards of life in this Himachal area, struck by a disastrous avalanche recently, in the article below Mr SunderJal Bahuguna, leader of the Chipko movement in Uttarakhand, UP, warns of the mounting dangers to the eco-system of the Himalayan region. The heavy snowfall…
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Men of the Mountains
Read more here: Men of the MountainsThe Sunday Tribune | July 1, 1973Republished in The Statesmen Magazine | August 12, 1973 Darjeeling has always been associated with mountain climbing. The other hill stations along the lower Himalayan ranges – Simla, Mussoorie, Nainital – are essentially sanatoriums, cool havens from the sun-scorched northern plains. Not so Darjeeling. It was born to nobler…
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Travels With a Judge
Read more here: Travels With a JudgeThe Tribune | September 3, 1972 It is not often that one is invited to travel with a Judge. I never dreamt of doing so, till one morning the Financial Commissioner of a neighbouring State telephoned me. Would I come for a walk and shoot in the Dhaula Dhar? His Lordship had invited the Financial…
