The insular Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan aims to boost tourists five-fold but will preserve its cachet as an exclusive destination with no bungee-jumping backpackers allowed, officials say. The small and stunning mountainous nation first welcomed tourists in 1974 and has since promoted a policy of ”high-value” tourism.
Watching a dead body being bathed in "holy" river water for a funeral may be an unusual thing to do for a guided tour, but that’s the point of an outing with Nigel Hankin. Almost everything about the "Nigel tour" of Delhi is far from the usual, right down to seeking an appointment — the 87-year-old Hankin does not have a telephone or internet connection.
Serial blasts that killed 200 people in Mumbai will "test the resilience" of the peace process between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan but are unlikely to derail it, analysts said on Thursday. New Delhi has not attributed the attack to Pakistan-based Islamic militants, but Indian police say Tuesday’s rush-hour bombings that also wounded nearly 800 people bore the hallmark of one such group.
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/ 1 February 2006
A nervous Rohit Kohli (30) listens in rapt attention as his mentor guides him on how to channel positive energy. He has been advised to make weekly donations and pray to the Hindu monkey god Lord Hanuman to fight off the malevolent factors in his planetary charts, which are apparently blocking his career at the stockbroking firm where he works.
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/ 2 December 2005
Environmental activists were to kick off a series of protests and vigils in India on Friday to mark the 21st anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy, which claimed thousands of lives. In New Delhi, the global environmental group Greenpeace was to act out a recreation of the disaster which struck the central Indian town of Bhopal just before midnight on December 2, 1984.