A Tranquility Called Lansdowne

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<p>The trek. Profile of ridge after ridge. Tall sturdy pine and rhododendron trees. The Garhwal Rifles. Hilltop houses. Village Zehrikhal. Laxmi from another village on another hill. Children back fro...
Mahanadi, before debouching onto the coastal plains, passes through a narrow gorge with magnificently wooded mountains on either side known as Satkosia Gorge - a rare place of beauty, nature is genero...
In an ecological zone that is prone to climate change disasters, protection and conservation should be encouraged - rather Sundarban has turned into a renewable hotbed where every conceivable renewabl...
<p>The trek. Profile of ridge after ridge. Tall sturdy pine and rhododendron trees. The Garhwal Rifles. Hilltop houses. Village Zehrikhal. Laxmi from another village on another hill. Children back from school. The market downhill. Pocket sized shops. The effervescently handsome CD woman. Hot buns off the divinely fragrant bakery. Whitewashed buildings with ornate gates. Kitchen gardens or lack of...
Mahanadi, before debouching onto the coastal plains, passes through a narrow gorge with magnificently wooded mountains on either side known as Satkosia Gorge - a rare place of beauty, nature is generously bountiful here.
In an ecological zone that is prone to climate change disasters, protection and conservation should be encouraged - rather Sundarban has turned into a renewable hotbed where every conceivable renewable energy experiments are undertaken at the risk of destroying more of whatever little is left.