This historical snippet captures a unique moment of diplomatic warmth and symbolic gifting during the transition of Indian independence. The account highlights how a handmade token carried immense spiritual weight, offering a…
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Legendary Personalities: Sunderlal Bahuguna
This feature honours the remarkable life of a pioneer who dedicated decades to safeguarding our nature sanctuaries. By championing non-violent environmental defence and inspiring the historic Chipko movement, his tireless advocacy demonstrated…
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Victoria Cross
True honour transcends political boundaries and military rank, living instead in the quiet reverence shown to exceptional valour. When deep sacrifice meets genuine humility, even the most powerful leaders pause to pay…
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Couple buys a piece of rain-forest and transforms it into a paradise
Pamela Malhotra and her husband Anil have found a special calling in life: together they run the Sai Sanctuary, the only private wildlife reserve and conservation area in India. When they bought the piece of…
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Conquering Everest: What you didn’t know about Sir Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay, and the first trip to the top of the world
People | June 6, 2019 In case you haven’t seen the news recently, let’s catch you up on the news for Nepal. This climbing season, more climbers than ever before are attempting…
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Manipur: How one man planted a 300-acre forest near Imphal
IMPHAL: At a time when global warming and climate change are dictating geopolitics, 45-year-old Moirangthem Loiya from Manipur comes across as a leading light. For the last 18 years, Loiya, a resident…
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Erik Weihenmayer: Blind to failure
Scaling Mount Everest requires the enthusiasm and boosterism of a physical-education teacher combined with the survival instinct of a Green Beret. You have to want that summit. Erik Weihenmayer, 33, wasn’t just…
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India plants 66 million trees in 12 hours as part of record-breaking environmental campaign
Volunteers in India planted more than 66 million trees in just 12 hours in a record-breaking environmental drive. About 1.5 million people were involved in the huge plantation campaign, in which saplings…
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World is getting greener, India and China leading efforts: NASA study
India and China are leading the global greening effort, which is quite contrary to the general perception worldwide, a latest NASA study said, observing that the world is a greener place than…
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Simplicity of Shastriji
Lalbahadur Shastri was the second Prime Minister of India. He was the personification of simplicity, honesty and nobility. Many incidents in his life inspire us. This is an incident which shows his…
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Nothing is written unless they write it
My all-time favourite film is ‘Lawrence Of Arabia’ and, if I have a favourite scene from the movie, then I guess it is the one of Lawrence’s triumphal return from the Nefud…
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Overcoming the void: How mountaineer Joe Simpson survived the impossible
Discover the incredible true story of mountaineer Joe Simpson’s survival on Siula Grande and the mindset shift that can help you beat impossible odds What does it take to survive when every…