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Descending to Earth: Rain in Mountain Literature

by Kartikeya Jain
July 16, 2022August 31, 2022

In these books from the hills of Nagaland, Sikkim, and Darjeeling, the glory and fury of rain…

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Lost and Found in the Fog

by John Thomas
July 20, 2022August 31, 2022

A charming novel set in a hill-station resembling Kodaikanal, The Element of Fog is a very readable…

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Spending time with your canine bestie in the mountains

‘Borrowed Dogs’, The Mountains—and One Cat-Lover

by Nilanjana Roy
March 27, 2022May 23, 2022

When a feline-loving writer goes to dog-sit for an old friend in the Himalayas, her cats know…

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Brief history of Palani Hills

A Brief History of the Palani Hills

by Nishita Vasanth
October 30, 2021May 23, 2022

With Priya Mani Adapted from a report written for INTACH, Kodaikanal Today, Kodaikanal and the Palani Hills are…

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Bison in Kodaikanal

The Strangers in Our Midst

by Lathika George
August 28, 2021August 30, 2022

Kodai’s ‘gaur invasion’ leads us to ask what will come first for the Indian bison: the regeneration…

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Mountain literature - Kumaon

Mountain Literature and Me

by Namita Gokhale
August 28, 2021May 23, 2022

A writer and festival director tells us how the peaks of her native Kumaon—Kodai’s Himalayan cousin in…

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