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  • Pushpesh Pant writes about the delectable cuisine of the Kumaon-Garhwal hills where he grew up

    Pushpesh Pant writes about the delectable cuisine of the Kumaon-Garhwal hills where he grew up

    Pushpesh Pant
    · Sep 18, 2025 · 08:30 am
  • The tale of ‘Daku’ Sultana and his unlikely friendship with a British police officer

    The tale of ‘Daku’ Sultana and his unlikely friendship with a British police officer

    Roshan Abbas
    · Apr 30, 2023 · 11:30 am
  • The Indian State may not want to learn from Nepal – but Indians can

    The Indian State may not want to learn from Nepal – but Indians can

    Shekhar Pathak
    · Jun 19, 2021 · 11:30 am
  • So many Ramayanas: A sehrabandhi melody now unsung and other scenes from Kumaon’s Ramlilas

    So many Ramayanas: A sehrabandhi melody now unsung and other scenes from Kumaon’s Ramlilas

    Radhika Bordia
    · Oct 25, 2020 · 02:22 pm
  • An extraordinary book explores identity and anxieties in Kumaon through human-animal relationships

    An extraordinary book explores identity and anxieties in Kumaon through human-animal relationships

    Amish Raj Mulmi
    · Mar 31, 2019 · 07:30 am
  • In Kumaon, resentment against ‘outsider’ monkey menace reveals anxieties about displacement

    In Kumaon, resentment against ‘outsider’ monkey menace reveals anxieties about displacement

    Radhika Govindarajan
    · Mar 06, 2019 · 05:30 pm
  • A shot of irony: International big-game hunters are holding up Jim Corbett as their mascot

    A shot of irony: International big-game hunters are holding up Jim Corbett as their mascot

    Mrinal Pande
    · May 20, 2016 · 06:30 pm
  • How a paean to a leader woke up the ghost of an old Kumaoni Holi song

    How a paean to a leader woke up the ghost of an old Kumaoni Holi song

    Mrinal Pande
    · Mar 24, 2016 · 08:00 am