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November / December 2006

Adventure - Bodh climbs his 4th 8000m peak

C N Bodh

Bodh is the only Indian to ascend the Death Zone of four of the world’s highest and most perilous mountains - the Everest, Annapurana, Lotse and Kanchenjunga.
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Books - Treasures of the Thunder Dragon

A new book Teasures of the Thunder Dragon: A Portrait of Bhutan by Her Majesty the Queen Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck, the 51-year-old India-educated Queen of the mountain kingdom of Bhutan. More...

Heritage - Saving Kos Minars

A majority of the phallic-shaped pillars built during the reign of Mughal Emperor Akbar have disappeared and a few that still exist have been vandalised and are falling apart. Now the Indian High Court has stepped in to save these important links to India’s history of highways.
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Music - Usha Uthup rocking at 58

"I want to laugh till I cry, and sing till I die," says Usha Uthup as she releases yet another feet-tapping album, We Believe in Now. But this one is for a cause - the entire proceeds would go to the Tsunami victims.

75 top singers of India have lent their voices to 10 songs in four different languages.
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