India

Urbanisation

Rapid urban growth across the Himalayas


The construction of new buildings and settlement

Seasonality

An inherent part of hill life


Seasonality is an inherent part of hill life

Kempty Falls

13km from Mussoorie

Infrastructures

Pumping Stations, Dams, Hydropower


Moving water across greater distances

Nainital Lake Research by CEDAR

Lake is our greatest treasure and biggest challenge


A presentation and research summary of Nainital Lake by Dr Vishal Singh of the Centre for Ecology Development and Research  (CEDAR).  

Sir Frederick Tymms

The 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,...