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When British mountaineer George Mallory was asked why he wanted to climb Mount Everest, he purportedly said, “Because it’s there.”…

Picture watercolours on imported paper, in delicate brushwork on pale, bare backgrounds, and the stark image of two men in dhotis working…

ToHis Excellency Hon. Sri Araghchi-ji Foreign Minister of IranSubject: Permission for ‘Chogada Taara’ group dance in Strait of HormuzRespected Sir,First…

 Nisha Sasikumar and her fellow mountaineers Sixteen-year-old mountaineer Nisha Sasikumar from Chennai has summited Mount Everest, becoming one of the…

On a good day, when traffic does not clog Jammu and Kashmir’s streets and highways; or if travelling is not…

I did not expect to lock eyes with a living goddess in Nepal.  But Kathmandu pulsates with prayer, ritual and surprises, despite its reputation…

A retired government officer in Sri Lanka, Saman Athaudahetti is well known in the island’s political, literary, and cultural circles…

A view of the Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya in Bihar | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy The Bihar Government has…

It has been just a few hours since my friend and I landed in the archipelago of Zanzibar, off the…

It is 4pm, but the party is already underway at The Passport Hotel. I step out of my room as…