Mountain Tales
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50 years ago, I and five other Indian women scaled a virgin Himalayan peak. Not all of us came back
Sudipta Sengupta, who was deputy leader of the expedition, shares her story of ascending Lalana.
Sudipta Sengupta
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Mountaineering is a modern invention – and it may be time to stop clamouring for the summit
The sport has left landscapes littered and degraded.
Dawn Hollis, The Conversation
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How European colonial ambition drove generations of mountaineers to risk life and limb in Himalayas
The range has always been associated with metaphysical power. But the aim of conquering the peaks had a firm link with imperialist projects.
Ipsita Chakravarty
Trending
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Ordinary voters flagged Modi speech to Election Commission – and came up against a broken system
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Why BJP leaders’ comments on study about Muslim population in India are misleading
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Memoir: Human rights lawyer Nandita Haksar recalls her understanding of feminism as a young woman
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Harsh Mander: Past, present and future – what Narendra Modi’s campaign of hate signifies
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Hockey, FIH Pro League: Raheel, Dhami named in India’s 24-member men’s squad for Europe leg
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In photos: The people (and animals) who help trekkers scale the Everest every year
The achievements of the trekkers make headlines, but how do their supplies reach the base camp?
Manoj Paudel
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Why we’re drilling into the world’s highest glacier on Everest with a converted car wash
Meet the first team trying to understand the secrets of Mount Everest's glaciers.
Katie Miles, The Conversation & Bryn Hubbard, The Conversation
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In the Himalayas, a home offers comfort and love to the elderly and kids with nowhere to go
The Jamgön Kongtrul III Memorial Home in Kalimpong is where the elderly and children have formed a close-knit community.
Jael Silliman
Video
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Watch: Students in Pakistan enact moments from Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s pre-wedding event
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Journalist Elizabeth Hawley, who chronicled Himalayan expeditions for five decades, dies in Nepal
Edmund Hillary, who scaled Mount Everest in 1953, once called her ‘the Sherlock Holmes of the mountaineering world’.
Scroll Staff
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At the peak of success, mountaineer Harish Kapadia wants to turn Siachen’s glacier into a peace park
The first Indian alpinist to win the prestigious Piolets D’Or award, Kapadia’s incredible Himalayan career spans over half a century.
Bibek Bhattacharya
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Record number of climbers waiting to climb Mount Everest this spring
Clearances for 373 foreign climbers have been received and cleared this month.
AFP
The Reel
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Watch: Politics, ambition and crime in Vasantha Balan’s ‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’
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How the fantasy film ‘Pathala Bhairavi’ heavily influenced Telugu cinema
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee’s hundredth movie ‘Bhaiyya Ji’ is a revenge drama
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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How actor Shahana Goswami flies under the radar and above the competition
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A photographer has taken stunning shots of one of the most treacherous roads in the Himalayas
Gareth Phillips has posted these images on the Instagram account of the 'New Yorker' magazine.
Maria Thomas, qz.com
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A young mountaineer brings the pristine beauty of the world's peaks to her Instagram feed
Saachi Soni has gone climbing across continents, including to the tallest mountains in North America and Europe.
Rhema Mukti Baxter
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Swelling glacial lake threatens Sikkim’s heritage village
Lachen, a picture postcard village high up the Himalayas, is threatened in all sorts of ways.
Shailendra Yashwant
The Field
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Athletics, Doha Diamond League 2024: In Olympic year, Neeraj Chopra keen to lay down the marker
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Hockey, FIH Pro League: Raheel, Dhami named in India’s 24-member men’s squad for Europe leg
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Table Tennis, Saudi Smash: Manika Batra beats world No 14 Nina Mittelham to enter quarter-finals
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All-round development: The Impact player rule is holding back several multifaceted players in IPL
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IPL 2024: Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma lead Hyderabad to crushing 10-wicket win over Lucknow