This year’s People’s Choice award recipient turns all the adventure stereotypes upside down. Mountaineer Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita, 31, grew up in Lukla, #Nepal, in the shadow of Everest. By... Read more
The seeds, known by their common name #rudraksha, are grown from a broadleaf tree (scientifically, Eliocarpus ganitrus) in the foothills of the Himalayas and are believed to bestow healing p... Read more
The three ancient cities of the #Kathmandu Valley — Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur — each have their own ‘living goddess,’ or Kumari. Chosen from the priestly Bajracharya caste at about the... Read more
However, the scenes of destruction that were broadcast around the world in the days after the quakes are not representative of the whole country. Those broadcasts tended to focus on the dest... Read more
There are several reasons for this move. Clearly, it builds hype; instead of a single impact, Musk gets to make a few splashes with the Model 3. It also allows Tesla to make headlines early... Read more
Bollywood loves its spectacular biopics — but in 2006, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra made waves by telling the story of independence revolutionary Bhagat Singh and his fellow rebels through the ey... Read more
