Darjeeling

Locals gave up milk in tetra paks, instant noodles, chips, low-grade rice and pulses. "This means children get locally-grown nutritious food, reducing the consumption of processed food and plastic waste. It is a win-win for everyone.”

With fearless rhymes and ear-pounding rhythms, these artists from the Northeast have something important to say. Pay attention!

“My parents were both primary school teachers and a large part of my fascination with books began because of them,” she begins.

“It was during the computations of the northeastern observations that Sikdar rushed on one morning in 1852 into the room of Sir Andrew Waugh & exclaimed, ‘Sir, I have discovered the highest mountain of the world’.

Last week, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued an official notification stating that the Assam government cannot refer members of the Gorkha community living in the state to the Foreigners Tribunal.

From the south to the north, Indian cuisine sees fermentation in foods from idlis, dosas, rotis among others! And who can blame, fermentation gives a unique taste to the food and also aids in preservation.

He was so captivated by Tibet that he called his house Lhasa Villa, on the edge of Darjeeling town. It still stands today, although in a dilapidated condition.

With the Winter Olympics 2018 around the corner, its time we acknowledged the man who took such the painstaking efforts to make India become a Winter Olympic nation.

These picturesque farmstays around the country enable tired urban travellers reconnect with nature.

Roshni discovered a love for running while in the middle of a heartbreak in 2003. Now she trains other runners and facilitates their entry into marathons. Her dream is for one of her team members to win an Olympic medal for India.