Maps have divided transnational ethnic groups Nagas, Zos, Bhutias, Bengalis and Nepalis, among others, but the Naga or the Zo ...

This year marks 50 years since Sikkim's integration into India. Before India's independence, the British, along with the ...

There’s no bad time to visit this Himalayan kingdom, which has excellent hikes year-round and vibrant cultural festivals ...

There’s no bad time to visit this Himalayan kingdom, which has excellent hikes year-round and vibrant cultural festivals ...

Story continues below this ad Sandwiched between India and China, and often party to conflicts over land with Bhutan and Nepal ... It later released maps showing Sikkim as part of India. However, ...

Obviously, the anchor was different when the region first came to be taken cognisance of on the Indian map, which is after ... including areas such as Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan and Northern Assam ...

A map of Sikkim, 1898. Credit ... it felt a mystical land to the family, not unlike Tibet or Bhutan. Seeing a stately larch next to blooming rhododendrons, Roerich would write: “Above this ...

But Ladakh is on the world map. It’s well-known. Sikkim isn’t as yet ... that connects India, Nepal and Bhutan – and way beyond. Rai says you can drive on it all the way to Myanmar ...

And yet, reports indicate that both have heavily militarised along the McMahon Line, especially after the Sino-Indian Doklam standoff on the Sikkim-Bhutan border. Chinese presence in Doklam ...

Its unique position on the map means that, despite its small size, Sikkim, with over 550 species, has a birdlist that is almost as diverse as that of Bhutan or Nepal. Due to the progressive ...