Redefining ‘Sanjeevani’ at the Valley of Flowers
It was sometime in the nineteen thirties that Frank S Smythe ‘came upon the lush and colourful Bhyundar Valley, the Valley of Flowers’ and he describes his adventures in the lower and upper Himalayas in his book. Smythe discovered that ‘the predominant note was peace; not the faintest breeze ruffled the herbage and the silence...
Garbage and eco-unfriendly trekkers and tourists
From bugyals to river beds, every possible place where trekkers, hikers, and travel-enthusiasts go, one sees irresponsible behavior. I saw a massive pile of plastic bottles and heaps of rubbish down a slope near the prime temple in Sonagir a few years back. Every tourist attraction is literally choked with garbage that everyone assumes is...
