Neelima Vallangi

Nearly 80 years after the Himalayan lake first captured the world's imagination, the mystery continues to confound – even as revolutionary advances are made in understanding our past. By Neelima Vallangi

India’s cyclone season is being made more intense by the rapidly heating Indian Ocean, scientists have warned.

An increasing number of people are being threatened by flooding caused by glacial lakes bursting, scientists have warned.

The deadly February 7 flash flood in Uttarakhand should not be blamed on ‘nature’s fury’ alone.

Climbing Machhapuchhare is forbidden, a rarity in a country like Nepal that has embraced mountain tourism so enthusiastically that even the world's highest point gets overcrowded.

A shooting star, a twinkling planet, a meteor shower, a faraway constellation or a ginormous galaxy—the list of celestial delights is endless

Text & Photographs by Neelima Vallangi

Limi Valley is a hidden place of absurd contradictions

Text & Photographs by Neelima Vallangi

An ancient building battles mother nature as melting glaciers make a remote Himalayan valley susceptible to flooding.

A monsoon drive along the Nila (Bharathapuzha), Kerala’s second largest river, reveals centuries-old art forms and the sentinels who safeguard them.

Text & Photography by Neelima Vallangi

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A Wild Paradise: Chitwan National Park is unique: it is, perhaps, one of the very few tiger reserves in the world where one can walk inside the core area. The park’s 100+ tigers are rarely seen but the 600+ rhinos that call Chitwan home present a clear, often downplayed danger.

Text & Photographs by Neelima Vallangi

Eerie and desolate, Ross Island harbors a tale of oppression and disaster
By Neelima Vallangi

Lessons in belief and beauty on an arduous Himalayan trek across Auden’s Col in India's Uttarakhand. Text and Photographs by Neelima Vallangi

Ross Island, an abandoned British settlement in the remote Andaman archipelago, is being taken over by its rightful owner: nature.

Situated at the edge of Johar valley, along the ancient Indo-tibetan salt route, Munsiyari is as remote as it is alluring.

By Neelima Vallangi