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In the flood-affected Mayong village in Morigaon district, some 80 km from Guwahati, on June 28. While urban Assam looks prosperous, the rural areas remain neglected.-BIJU BORO/AFP

Misplaced blame

The region suffers not from neglect by the Centre, but from corruption and mishandling by the State governments concerned.
ROMESH BHATTACHARJI
Driving across thefrozen Hanle river en route to Zarsar, which is about about 10 km from the International Border.-

Mesmerised in Ladakh

A 340-kilometre round trip from Leh presents awesome sights, among them the frozen Indus and the peaks with frozen waterfalls.
TEXT & PHOTOGRAPHS: ROMESH BHATTACHARJI
THE 22-KILOMETRE TREK to Gangbal begins at Naranag. Here, walking uphill through a burnt forest above Naranag.-

A paradise in ferment

A trek to two mountain lakes in the Kashmir valley in troubled times.
TEXT & PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROMESH BHATTACHARJI
The reception centre at TAIPAS, a rehabilitation centre in Lisbon. Immediate attention is provided here to any drug user seeking it.-PHOTOGRAPHS: ROMESH BHATTACHARJI

Soft war on drugs

THE life of a drug addict is tough. And an addict in India is usually from a poor and broken home. It is, therefore, pointless to victimise him or her
ROMESH BHATTACHARJI
The placid Siang or the Dihang, as the Brahmaputra is called in Arunachal Pradesh, flows quietly under an old-style swing bridge just before Tuting.-PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROMESH BHATTACHARJI

Where is the dam?

ONLY seven rivers that rise in Tibet flow through India. They are the Indus, the Satluj, the Karnali (through Nepal), the Subansiri, the Brahmaputra a
ROMESH BHATTACHARJI

Cocaine valley

IN mid-March, before the snow begins to melt and when the rivers are still clear, many villagers in the Lohit Valley in Arunachal Pradesh get ready to
TEXT & PHOTOGRAPHS ROMESH BHATTACHARJI
THE POPPY FIELDS of Raliang village in Anjaw district.-

Opium valley

IN mid-March, before the snow begins to melt and when the rivers are still clear, many villagers in the Lohit Valley in Arunachal Pradesh get ready to
TEXT & PHOTOGRAPHS ROMESH BHATTACHARJI
THERE ARE FRESH flowers every day at Karl Marx's grave, the most perennially popular at Highgate Cemetery.-

A walk through Highgate Cemetery

ON one of the highest hills (131 metres) in north London, at the brim of a carefully cultivated leafy unruliness, stands a simple granite obelisk supp
TEXT & PHOTOGRAPHS ROMESH BHATTACHARJI
THE NEW LOHIT bridge at Parasuram Kund, which provides access to Lohit district all through the year and is a reason for its new-found prosperity.-

Road to progress

A FEW years ago, Lohit district in eastern Arunachal Pradesh was one of the poorest and least populated places in India. For half a year it used to be
TEXT & PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROMESH BHATTACHARJI
Tulips in bloom in Shiraz Bagh, at the foot of the Zabarwan hills in the Kashmir valley.-

Tulip extravaganza

Tulips on thirty hectares in Shiraz Bagh make Kashmirs spring more colourful this year than ever before.
TEXT & PHOTOGRAPHS: ROMESH BHATTACHARJI
Ravaged by time, the sole minar in the Musallah complex is held up by wires. The complex houses a mosque, a college and Begum Gohar Shad's mausoleum.-

Historic Herat

Exploring the Afghan city's decaying glories.
ROMESH BHATTACHARJI,PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROMESH BHATTACHARJI
THE CHURCH OF Odzun and, to the left, two roughly hewn rectangular rock obelisks encased in huge blocks of stone. The structure is believed to be a gift an Indian king gave an Armenian general for his help.-

Indian imprint on Armenia

The remote village of Odzun reveals an Indian connection.
ROMESH BHATTACHARJI,PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROMESH BHATTACHARJI
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