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
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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Is the 2024 Lok Sabha election India’s last chance before the point of no return?
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Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
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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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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Dogs wag their tails to ‘conduct’ classical music orchestra
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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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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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Watch: ‘The Broken News’ returns for a second season
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ trailer: A teenager bonds with her grandparents during a summer vacation
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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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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Deepak Punia, Sujeet Kalkal fail to make weigh-ins in time
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Chess, Candidates 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju picks up win to become joint-leader with two rounds to go
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Hockey: Salima Tete 2.0 – a speedster who is adding confidence and creativity to her improving game
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IPL 2024: Suryakumar, bowlers help Mumbai Indians seal thriller against Punjab Kings
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Cricket: Meg Lanning opens up about struggle with food and exercise that led to her early retirement