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Book Talk: The Lost World of Ladakh

As apparent from the title and book-cover itself, the book The Lost World of Ladakh is a collection of century-old photographs of the trans-Himalayan terrain of Ladakh. Tastefully captured by a talented amateur photographer, Claude Rupert Trench Wilmot who was…

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Book Talk: K2 – The Story of The Savage Mountain

Standing atop the Mt Haramukh in Kashmir on an assignment of the Trigonometric Survey of India to study heights in September 1886, Lt TG Montogomerie was rewarded with an outstanding view towards the north; where over 200 km away the…

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Book Talk: Maharaja in Denims, a tale of Love, Intrigue and Passion

Appositely titled, “Maharaja in Denims”, the latest story by Khushwant Singh intriguingly combines passionate love, history, tragedy as well as the local culture of Chandigarh, author’s worktown. In his first fictitious narrative spanning multiple time zones and generations, the author…

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Postscript to my trans-Himalayan Stroll

The following is a page entry from On Road through the trans-Himalayan Region. To read complete travel memoirs and trip report, please visit here. Chapter 22 of 22 Previous Chapter The following morning, I chose to ignore the otherwise routine morning activities, which…

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Maa Vaishno Devi

The following is a page entry from On Road through the trans-Himalayan Region. To read complete travel memoirs and trip report, please visit here. Chapter 21 of 22 Previous Post                          Next Post…

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