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A year after the Kashmir quake Still picking up the pieces Ehsan Fazili reports from the affected areas of Baramula and Karnah districts Living in a shelter shed made of CGI sheets in a row at Boniyar Bela, three-year-old Iram, may be unaware of the trauma she suffered on October 8, 2005. She had been retrieved from the debris a day after the earthquake shattered her home in Bandi Sarai, Kamalkote, 50 km away. Against all odds In Chiterkote, classes are being held in tents as students and teachers brave lack of infrastructure and bad weather About 40 students with three teachers of the government primary school, Chiterkote in Karnah area have no other alternative than to work under the shadow of trees in the open.

An old woman sitting on the debris of her house at Sultandhaki in Kamalkote near Uri. After what seems an unending wait for rebuilding, the family has been putting up in the semi-dilapidated structure. — Photos by the writer

Mythical centre of the universe
The journey to Kailash-Mansarovar is a matchless experience, says Amar Chandel after a recent visit
Every year thousands of people apply to the Government of India for going to Kailash-Mansarovar. Because of a limited number of visas issued by China, only a handful get the green signal in a draw of lots.

Mount of mystery
Two of the over 100-year old mysteries of mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania— the lack of a bamboo zone and non-existence of rich forests in Africa’s highest mountain—have seemingly been solved.

Glimpses of India in Europe
A four-month Festival of India is being held in Brussels after a gap of 15 years
Fifteen centuries of Indian art, classical music and dance blend with contemporary fashion, food, films and literature in a celebration of a "new India" at the first cultural festival of its kind in Brussels this month.

In search of a home, sweet home
The great Indian middle class quest for a house is riddled with problems as the film Khosla Ka Ghosla shows. Shoma A. Chatterji reports
Indian films are replete with stories on the problems of land grabbing. For example, Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho (1983) directed by Saeed Mirza which tackles the problems of an ageing Mohan Joshi (Bhisham Sahni) who wishes to bring in certain legal renovations in his dilapidated abode.