Greeted with the slogans of “Bharat Mata ki Jai,” or “Long live mother India,” and firecrackers, the 41 trapped workers emerged from the collapsed tunnel in India’s Himalayan state of Uttarakhand after being trapped for more than two weeks. The Rescue team was led by Australian Prof Arnold Dix who turned up to mastermind the [...]
Embrace the sacred, dump the secular The Kedarnath shrine should remain in the custody of its traditional guardians, including the Tehri Maharaja and the Lingayat Ravals. A Congress MLA, who entered the sanctum with his shoes on, must be punished Uttarakhand’s travails continue: The rain gods refuse to relent; hillsides crumble; missing pilgrims and villagers [...]