An evening spent in the lap of Mount Everest (29,029 feet) at the remote Tibetan village of Tingri (14,107 feet), offered us an opportunity to admire the world’s highest peak from close quarters. The near vertical north face of Everest in Tibet is the reason why expeditions to the top...
“I felt so baffled and excited that I called out to my companions, fearing to be a victim of a hallucination : ‘Look there! What is that? Look!’ ‘Tso! Tso! Pangong-Tso!’ they shouted, and threw their caps into the air triumphantly, as if they had conquered a mighty pass;...
Between the banks of desires & reality, Faced with conflict, Life acquires a meaning. Life is a series of conflicts between inner thoughts and external pressures. Coal must undergo deep earth pressures to become a diamond. Rice must undergo hardship of pounding to become white. Steel...
When “The Great Game” (political aspiration to control Central Asia) was being played in Central Asia between political powers of Britain, France and Russia, it was Sir Aurel Stein (1862 – 1943) a Hungarian adventurer, who led an expedition to Taklamakan desert (present day Xinjiang, Uyghur Autonomus Region of China)....
Associating only with the conscious mind, we limit ourselves. It is just the tip of iceberg. The true horse power lies in the sub-conscious. The fishermen at Inle lake in Myanmar have a unique fishing style that is one of a kind in the world. Only one fisherman will...
What flows, goes far. What goes far, must return. Panzila (14,436 feet above sea level), a mountain pass connecting Suru Valley to Zanskar, overlooks the 23 km long Drang-Drung glacier, flowing from Doda peak at 21,490 feet. Here begins the Stod river, a tributary of Zanskar, which later joins the...
Nature, Sculpts daily. Shungatser lake is situated at 14,500 feet, about 42 Km from Tawang, in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. It was originally a grazing ground but the massive landslide of 1950 transformed it into a large lake, submerging the entire forest. This lake...
Pleasure, Intoxication, Obsession, Cravings never cease. We emerged from nothing and will merge in nothing. Few years of worldly complexities that we get involved in as reality, can actually be disruptive, if not lived with balance. Our cravings continue to expand the net and only through contemplation, is...
Summer lies behind, Winter has set in. Bare branches hold a promise, but mind remains shaky. Winter brings dormancy with incessant clouds and snow. Time comes to stand still. Nights appear to be long. While trees have shed their leaves but in these bare branches lies a promise to...
I now realize, it was a strange quest that had made me a pilgrim without God, a wanderer from Himalayas to New York, seeking a place where the mind could rest. I have gazed into faces hoping to hear the mysterious echo that would satisfy me! One such journey,...