Tripti Lahiri
latest news & developmentsTourist boom brings threat to Leh’s Tibetan architecture
Perched high above the Himalayan town of Leh, a warren of traditional mud-brick houses squats by the ruins of the royal palace and a monastery, appearing to grow out of the…
Villagers return home to ruins in flood-hit Asia
Villagers returned home to ruins as flood waters continued to recede on Monday but the toll from the annual monsoon flooding across South Asia rose to 2Â 300, officials said.…
Eco-tourists take to village life in India’s ‘Little Tibet’
Answering the call of nature over a pit of manure with no flush water in sight and learning how to churn butter may not be everyone’s idea of a great holiday. But in India’s…