12th Annual Shoton-Opera Festival 2006
byTibetan Spiritual Leader His Holiness The Dalai Lama (left) walks through a crowd of devotees as he arrives at the Tibetan Institute of Performing…
March, 2006
Polar Ice Caps Are Melting Faster Than Ever… More And More Land Is Being Devastated By Drought… Rising Waters Are Drowning Low-Lying Communities… By Any Measure, Earth Is At … The Tipping Point
byApril edition of TIME magazine has an excellent article about global warming. Himachal contributes a lot to this without adequate planned mining as well…
Vijay’s father wants him to win Olympic gold
byhttp://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060329/sports.htm#6 Mahesh Chander Sharma Sundernagar: Soon after shooter Vijay Kumar won the first of his two gold medals at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games, his…
NALWAR Fair concludes
bySundernagar – The state-level Nalwar Fair is the biggest cattle fair of North India and cattle from Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Delhi,…
Gold winner Vijay’s village rejoices
byMELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – MARCH 19: Pemba Tamang and Vijay Kumar of India pose prior to receiving their Gold medals for the Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Pairs Final at the Melbourne International Shooting Club during day Four of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games March 19, 2006 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
Samresh Jung bags five golds at Commonwealth games
bySamresh Jung won the another gold at the Melbourne Commonwealth games. This is Jung’s fifth gold medal in Melbourne, taking the 35-year-old to a…
How the apple came to India
byBy: Rishad Saam Mehta Narkanda is a typical Himalayan town with its share of fruit vendors lining the bazaar, Nepali porters scurrying around like…
The Himalaya Rally
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Chess Edwards’ trek tour to GHNP.
byIn September 2006, Chess Edwards is taking trekking tour to Great Himalayan National Park. Here are few details from his site: Described as “Like…
Chamba
byThe Khajjiar Lake.
Khajjiar is a forest glade of great beauty, 6400 feet above sea level. It is also known as Switzerland of India.
The saucer shaped lake, fed by slim streams, rests in the center of the large glade of Khajjiar.
It’s embedded beneath a dense pine forest surrounded by high mountains, and fringed by gigantic deodars.
Adding to the charms of Khajjiar are the sacred temple of Khajji Nag (after whom the place is named) belonging to 12th century A.D.
and a golf course set in the midst of the idyllic surroundings.
Khajjiar is 22 km from Dalhousie and 24 km from Chamba.