World Heritage Sites – India
The World Heritage Sites List includes properties forming part of the cultural and natural heritage which the World Heritage Committee considers as having outstanding universal value. Given here is the […]
People & Culture
Redbreast Butterfly after 110 years in Uttarakhand
The Redbreast (Papilio Alcmenor) has been spotted in the Western Himalayas after a period of 110 years. Since butterflies reflect the health of an ecosystem, the reappearance of a butterfly […]
Sacred Forest
The little boy lived in the high mountains. An undulating green pasture served as the ledge on which the little hamlet nestled. Precipitous trails from the village arrowed down to […]
Mehrauli: Herein Lies a King
Mehrauli Mehrauli has always been around the corner from where I have lived these past seven years. Despite this, beyond visiting the Qutub Minar time and again, seeking solace at […]
Gondeshwar Temple – Lesser known temples
Kamal Kumar Bandyopadhyay visits the Gondeshwar temple near Nashik in Maharashtra. He loves to travel and explore lesser known places of our country. Here, he shares his fascination with this […]
Environment: Insects ~ Little Things in Life
The Beginning The origin of insects is hidden in the mists of time. The sea and the North and South Poles are possibly the only environments that cannot support insect […]
The Path of Practice – Maya Tiwari
Romola Butalia reviews Maya Tiwari’s book, The Path of Practice. This book is about Ayurvedic healing techniques through breath, sound and food. One of the simplest introductions to a step-by-step practice […]
Time Travel: Baolis of Delhi
Sudarshana Srinivasan, a student of History joins a Breakaway walk with Himanshu Verma and fellow-walkers, and falls in love with the past and a heritage that lives on outside the […]
White-breasted Kingfisher: Broadcast News
Bittu Sahgal, renowned environmentalist, pays homage to the white-breasted kingfisher. At eight the other morning, over the professional, jaunty sound of the news, I heard what must be one of […]
Bookshelf: The Yoga Vashishtha
Romola Butalia reviews Swami Venkatesananda’s translation of The Yoga Vasistha, one of the greatest spiritual treatises from Vedanata philosophy. Contained in this are the spiritual teachings that Sri Rama received […]