Mountain Tales
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
Why the Congress defeat in Chhattisgarh is far worse than the loss in Rajasthan
-
Is Congress leadership of INDIA shaky after Hindi belt poll defeats?
-
‘Change’ over ethnic identity politics: Why MNF lost Mizoram
-
Detective fiction: An intense exploration of the squalor and vice that fester in shadowy city lanes
-
Caught on camera: Fisherwoman captures intense battle between lone crocodile and group of sharks
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
Watch: Palestinian child under rubble asks rescuers to help her siblings, parents first
-
Watch: Young fan recreates Sylvester Stallone’s iconic ‘Rocky’ monologue in the actor’s presence
-
Cyclone Michaung: Sea turns turbulent, heavy rains batter Andhra Pradesh as landfall begins
-
Watch: Pet dogs and their humans get family photographs with Santa Claus
-
‘This is the worst nightmare for Narayan Murthy’: Comedian’s riff on several long weekends in 2024
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
Watch: A full-length ‘Dunki’ trailer is out
-
‘Kabuliwala’ trailer: Mithun Chakraborty stars in latest adaptation of the Rabindranath Tagore story
-
‘Mast Mein Rehne Ka’ trailer: Jackie Shroff, Neena Gupta star in slice-of-life comedy
-
Start the week with a film: Russian literature and Kangra painting meet in ‘Kasba’
-
Vir Das: ‘Humanity without laughter wouldn’t survive very long’
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
FIH Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup: Hundal hat-trick spurs India to win over South Korea
-
Boxing, Junior World C’ships: Payal, Nisha, Akansha win a gold each as India finish with 17 medals
-
AFC Champions League: Mumbai City FC finish campaign with six losses
-
Pro Kabaddi League: Puneri Platan stun Jaipur Pink Panthers; Bengal Warriors beat Bengaluru Bulls
-
Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Cleiton, Nandhakumar help East Bengal thump NorthEast United