Call of the Mountains There is no one-upmanship in hiking. Your group mates are not your competitors. The entire group has to reach its destination. It is teamwork, says Om Manchanda, Managing Director, Dr Lal PathLabs
Om Manchanda, Managing Director, Dr Lal PathLabs
Hiking trips are generally for the adventurous, but for Dr. Om Manchanda, Managing Director, Dr Lal PathLabs, they are more of a spiritual experience. I love to feel and hear the sound of nature. I go to mountains to bask in the glory of scenic places. There is something about landscapes at high latitudes? it feels blissful being there, he says.
Mukteshwar in an ecological flux
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The scenic spaces of the Himalayas are a natural tourist magnet. But the resultant urbanisation and attendant issues such as garbage crisis, water shortage, and habitat destruction are posing a threat to the region’s very USP.
Staring at the Nanda Devi peak on a warm winter morning, Lal Singh, a magnificent 93, could never have imagined the change his region has undergone in the last two decades. He points towards the Kumaon Himalayas and says, “I’ve never seen these mountains naked in bare rock at this time of the year. Until a few years ago, my village used to be covered with a blanket of snow in January”. In the larger narrative about the Himalayas that people hold on to, glacial melting attracts public imagination. What’s equally important but fails to garner enough national attention is the haphazard anthropogenic interventions these young fold mountains are being forced to undergo. This column highlights the case
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Learning car repair usually involves a tough mechanic guru
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Photo of Unrecognizable male mechanic measuring the oil level of an engine at an auto shop. Mechanic checking the oil level in a car service garage. Repairing engine at a service station. Car repair. r n.
Learning car repair usually involves a tough mechanic guru
Interested in machines, particularly automobiles, even while in school, I had studied the Arthur W. Judge automobile manuals, an expensive gift from my grandfather.
Finishing school in December 1956 in Madras, I had time up to July 1957 before joining pre-university class. I spent most of this period with my grandparents in Bangalore (now Bengaluru).