wular lake

Pink lotus flowers have returned to Wular Lake in Kashmir after 30 years. Once buried under silt, the blooms now mark a powerful ecological revival.

Hailing from the village of Lahawarpora on the banks of Wular, Bilal lost his father Mohammad Ramzan when he was in class 6. The responsibility of the family then lay on the shoulders of young Bilal.

Captain Singh had been almost given up for dead sixteen years ago. Yet, he hung on, fighting his injuries with a tenacity that is hard to imagine. Today he is the commander of Indian Navy's new MARCOS base, INS Karna.

An integral part of the nation's armed forces, India's elite Special Forces are among some of the most formidable military units in the world.