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Read articles, news and new trends prevailing in Uttarakhand to brush up your knowledge about Uttarakhand which is evolving rapidly. Reading is addicting and when you read you not only educate yourself about certain things but you also condemn the ideology of other people.

Moti Bagh – Oscar Nominated Film of a Resilient Farmer in Uttarakhand

Moti Bagh – Oscar Nominated Film of a Resilient Farmer in Uttarakhand

Moti Bagh is a documentary film directed by Nirmal Chandra Dandriyal, and is based on an 83-year old farmer of Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand....
Bridal Jewellery of Uttarakhand- A Touch of Uttarakhand Ethnicity

Bridal Jewellery of Uttarakhand- A Touch of Uttarakhand Ethnicity

A wedding is a very special occasion in a girl’s life. A girl looks most beautiful on her wedding day. A look of a bride...
Good News: Doctor Drone comes to the rescue of Uttarakhand people

Good News: Doctor Drone comes to the rescue of Uttarakhand people

[caption id="attachment_11186" align="alignnone" width="964"] Doctor drone hovering in the sky of Uttarakhand[/caption] Many areas of Uttarakhand do not get medical facilities like ambulance, first-aids, and...
उत्तराखंड के लोग बंजर खेती से कमाएंगे करोड़ों, जापानी कंपनी ने आर्गेनिक खेती में किया इन्वेस्ट।

उत्तराखंड के लोग बंजर खेती से कमाएंगे करोड़ों, जापानी कंपनी ने आर्गेनिक खेती में किया इन्वेस्ट।

[caption id="attachment_11173" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Photo: H.Satish via Uttarakhand.org.in[/caption] अगर आपकी उत्तराखंड के पहाड़ों में भूमि है तो आपके लिए यह खभर किसी बहुत बड़ी राहत...
Decathlon Dehradun : The Grand Opening

Decathlon Dehradun : The Grand Opening

Hello Dehradun, The wait is finally over! Witness the grand opening of Decathlon Dehradun on 2nd and 3rd March. The grand opening will take place...
Clean up drive at Maral Village near Rishikesh

Clean up drive at Maral Village near Rishikesh

A usual Saturday morning at Maral Village मराल गॉंव, near Neelkanth, Rishikesh witnessed a ray of hope that the youth like Geeta and Vignesh will...
A Walk in Nainital During British Era

A Walk in Nainital During British Era

Wouldn't it be nice to have a walk in Nainital during the 1880s when it was not clustered by the commercial hotels, restaurants, and all...
Damn the Dams!

Damn the Dams!

Devibhoomi turning Dambhoomi: Changing Development Narrative for Hills As a five-year-old, I was climbing up a tree of Kafal, my favourite wild fruit. I had...
Of Migratory Birds

Of Migratory Birds

It’d already been 8 hours since we started on this road trip. But this wasn’t any other trip; we were travelling to our hometown, nestled...
Devbhoomi Sanrakhshan-The Demigods of Devbhoomi

Devbhoomi Sanrakhshan-The Demigods of Devbhoomi

Degrading environment, wobbly public health and unprecedented climate change have led the natives of the Devbhoomi take matters in their own hands and reconstruct the...
Nanda’s Travel Doodles #2: My solo trip to Chopta – Tungnath

Nanda’s Travel Doodles #2: My solo trip to Chopta – Tungnath

     'Traveling — it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.' - Ibn Battuta Hello again! It's Nanda, the Pahadi girl. After completing the...
Nanda’s Travel Doodles #1: My first trek to Kedarkantha and Har-ki-Doon

Nanda’s Travel Doodles #1: My first trek to Kedarkantha and Har-ki-Doon

Hello, everyone! :D My name is Nanda. I’m 11 years old and I live with my grandmother amidst the lush green hills of Uttarakhand. I’m...
First artists’ meet-up at Meraki Triangle homestay in Sankri with adorable Nanda!

First artists’ meet-up at Meraki Triangle homestay in Sankri with adorable Nanda!

Meraki Triangle – the art house in Himalayas – held up its first artists’ meet up at Sankri village in Uttarakhand. A unique hospitable project...
उत्तराखंड के पारम्परिक लोक नृत्य

उत्तराखंड के पारम्परिक लोक नृत्य

उत्तराखंड समस्त भारत में अपनी भौगोलिक सुदंरता के लिए नहीं अपनी विविध सांस्कृतिक परम्पराओं के लिए जाना जाता है। यहाँ की संस्कृति, जन मानस और...
From Hammer to Chalk: A teacher who built, painted and taught in a remote Uttarakhand school

From Hammer to Chalk: A teacher who built, painted and taught in a remote Uttarakhand school

A good teacher is like a candle, it consumes itself to light the way for others.   The above line perfectly sums up what it...
Resurrecting the lost Glory: Let’s make Uttarakhand Great Again

Resurrecting the lost Glory: Let’s make Uttarakhand Great Again

Listening to some old melodious hits of Lalit Mohan Joshi, I was resting peacefully under the canopy of dense trees at my village. It was...
कथा उत्तराखंड की तीन पवित्र नदियों की : गंगा, यमुना और सरस्वती

कथा उत्तराखंड की तीन पवित्र नदियों की : गंगा, यमुना और सरस्वती

गंगा: भारत की विभिन्न संस्कृतियों और जन-जन पोषित करने वाली गंगा नदी का उद्गम गौमुख उत्तराखंड में स्थित है। विभिन्न जल धाराओं से मिलकर बनी गंगा...
From Dehradun to Westeros: Two suppliers who make authentic Game of Thrones props

From Dehradun to Westeros: Two suppliers who make authentic Game of Thrones props

The highly anticipated penultimate 7th season for the immensely popular fantasy drama TV series Game of Thrones will premiere on July 16 and the fans just...
10 Unbelievable facts about Devbhoomi Uttarakhand

10 Unbelievable facts about Devbhoomi Uttarakhand

The Land of the Gods, Devbhoomi Uttarakhand has always been the land of spirituality, religion and something beyond the realm of human consciousness. Even today,...
Koti Banal architecture: How ingenuity of our ancestors conquered earthquakes

Koti Banal architecture: How ingenuity of our ancestors conquered earthquakes

‘There is no new knowledge, all is ancient and infinite’ - Louise Hay Knowledge can neither be created nor destroyed – it can only be...