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The Three Friends
read more →: The Three FriendsFor The Tribune | April 5, 1964 A FOLK TALE FROM LAHAUL Once a wolf, a crow and a rabbit were going along the road when they came upon the body of a man. The man had obviously died due to some accident. A bundle of clothes and a rosary were lying near the body.…
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Winter Crossing of the Rohtang Pass
read more →: Winter Crossing of the Rohtang PassPublished on February 16, 1964 We were a party of eight, Tshering Dorje, Rana, two peons, three dak·runner and I. On the first day we expect to do the five miles to the Tandi confluence and another four up the Chandra river to the village of Gondhla. During the night there was light snowfall and…
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Khajuraho Temples
read more →: Khajuraho TemplesThe Sunday Tribune | August 26, 1962 Khajuraho, once the flourish ing capital of the Chandellas, is today a little village in the Chattarpur district of Madhya Pradesh. Except for its 20 odd, a thousand-year old temples, it is wholly insignificant – almost unknown. It has no official latitude, no longitude, no height above sea…
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The Himalayan Mountaineering Institute
read more →: The Himalayan Mountaineering InstituteThe Illustrated Weekly of India | July 30, 1961 A BAND of enterprising young men have been the toast of the country these past few weeks, and Annapurna and Nilkantha have become familiar names. While all recognise the daring of these mountaineers, few understand and appreciate the role that the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling, has…