Snow Range from Shimla
Snow Range from ShimlaIndia Habitat Centre and Jor Bagh Metro Station
Jor Bagh Metro Station Exhibition Preview 16th March – 29th June India Habitat Centre Photography Exhibition 6th April – 6th May
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Water Sacred, Life Affirming and Disappearing
Published in the Guardian on December 27th, 2017 – LINK HERE Rapid urbanisation, dwindling groundwater reserves and changing rain patterns are driving a water crisis in the lower Himalayas of India and Nepal. Photojournalist Toby Smith took part in a research project charting the shifting demands on this fragile landscape Photographs by Toby Smith/University of Cambridge Text by Professor Bhaskar Vira and Eszter Kovacs
Agriculture,
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Villages of the Himalayas depend on surface water
Agriculture,
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Water Rapid urban growth across the Himalayas
The construction of new buildings and settlementThe Flying Civil Servant
Rachel Rowe, is Librarian of the Centre of South Asian Studies and the Royal Commonwealth Society collections in the University of Cambridge Library. Rachel writes here on the archives of Sir Frederick Tymms, RCMS 20, one of the most significant figures in the development of civil aviation, referred to by his biographer, E.A. Johnston, as the ‘Flying Civil Servant’. Tymms served as an Observer in the Royal Flying Corps during WW1, then joined the civil aviation department of the Air Ministry 1920-1927 where he became involved in the development of air routes across Africa and India in the 1920s and 30s. His archives document the difficulties of locating suitable landing strips at regular distances across each continent and the excitement at the opening of new aerodromes. ...
