Ayaan Sharma

Does any Indian city breathe, live, and prosper like a human body? It has a heart, too, and a head and lungs. More than a city made of brick and …

At an age when global fast-food choices such as momos, pizzas, and sandwiches dominate the street food scene and enjoy immense popularity among youngsters, a humble Dogra delicacy—Kaladi — is …

At a time when large dams and infrastructure projects in the Himalayas are drawing intense scrutiny over environmental degradation, geological instability, and displacement of communities, five northern states have come …

From militancy to peace, from barren slopes to fragrant lavender fields, the rugged Chenab Valley of Jammu and Kashmir is scripting one of India’s most remarkable stories of rural transformation—a …

In 2002, the Indian government under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee embarked upon an ambitious National River Linking Project (NRLP) to interlink around 30 major rivers. The idea behind this …

Living in the harsh environment of Ladakh, India’s high-altitude trans-Himalayan region, communities face severe water insecurity as one of their greatest challenges. Irrigation primarily depends on glacial meltwater channeled through …

In a determined push to transform the Union Territory’s connectivity landscape, the central government has stepped up work on a series of mega rail, airport, and road projects in Jammu …

The Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s budget 2026-27 proposals to give a new push to urban growth in India’s seven cities have drawn quite a lot of attention for their …

The Budget 2026-27, presented in Parliament by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday, has placed tourism among the top-priority sectors to boost economic activity in the hill states and …

Already grappling with warming winters, failed snowfall, and missing rains, all signs of a big climate shift, the apple growers in Himachal Pradesh, a state producing rich, crisp, and royally …

The Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, woven in its rich culture, history, and environmental consciousness, is globally recognised as the birthplace of the iconic Chipko movement that rose to protect its …

Winter snow that once fed mountain rivers for the last several decades and centuries, powered streams and rivulets, and sustained Himachal Pradesh’s orchard-based economy has all but vanished this time, …

In the 1900s or a little before, Kullu’s Manikaran valley and Malana—an ancient, landlocked, high-altitude village—found a naturally growing Himalayan plant, cannabis, as the most viable and easy source to …