The Food of Garhwal: Simple Ingredients, Serious Technique
Garhwali cooking shares plenty of DNA with its Kumaoni neighbor — the same reliance on hill-hardy lentils and millets, the...
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The Chipko Movement: When Hugging Trees Became a Political Act
In April 1973, a group of villagers in Mandal, a small settlement in what's now Chamoli district, stopped a logging...
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Nainital: The Lake That Built a Hill Station
Nainital's entire identity, its layout, its economy, and honestly its very existence as a significant town, traces back to a...
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Kausani: The Small Town Gandhi Called the Switzerland of India
Kausani doesn't have Nainital's lake or Mussoorie's colonial-era sprawl or Auli's ski infrastructure. What it has, and what's built its...
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Aipan: The Red and White Geometry of Kumaoni Doorsteps
There's a specific image that anyone who's spent time in a Kumaoni household will recognize instantly: a doorstep or a...
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Mussoorie: The Queen of the Hills, Still Wearing the Crown
Mussoorie has carried the nickname "Queen of the Hills" for so long that it's easy to forget it's a title,...
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Auli: India’s Answer to an Alpine Ski Resort
Most of Uttarakhand's well-known hill destinations built their reputations over a century or more of colonial and post-colonial tourism development....
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