Ten-time Everest summiteer Tendi Sherpa tells Rediff.com contributor Anusha Subramanian why he cancelled his international climbing assignments to be with his community in the worst affected districts of earthquake hit Nepal.
Here are some of the best images of winners and finalists.
'He has terror charges against him. And for an army officer, it's just terrible.'
The 86th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. Here's a quick glance at the winners.
While filled with startling insights and questions, and buoyed by terrific performances throughout, Newton suffers from a lack of end-to-end clarity. It is a near-great film but one that for some reason doesn't express itself fully, feels Sreehari Nair.
Foreigners from various corners of the globe to move out of Kathmandu and others parts of Nepal.
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused the Modi government of "abandoning" farmers at a time when the country is faced with an agrarian crisis.
In all the noise surrounding the Dok La confrontation, Claude Arpi focuses on a crucial issue that has hardly been covered -- the construction of roads for the armed forces and the local population to reach the most remote border posts.
The temples committee has already posted a request to devotees on its website to contribute towards the rebuilding.
'Lives are lost and the social fabric is torn. The progress of the nation comes to a grinding halt.'
These trips can be as short as a month to 45 days.
Tea and coffee estates, the smell of eucalyptus in the crisp mountain air, cool nights huddled in shawls, sylvan lake rides and mountain treks... Peace and tranquility is at hand!
Anusha Subramanian talks to some of these volunteers, who are helping out in far-flung Nepal villages.
It is actually quite remarkable that EPW has survived for so long. "I see it as a journal of dissent," says Rammanohar Reddy and is thankful to the EPW community for keeping it relevant.
It still isn't too late to plan your first trip of the year! Anita Rao-Kashi draws up this list.
'Sonia Gandhi can't rejuvenate the party, her heir is fodder for stand-up comedians, and nobody in the Congress has the guts to question the Nehru-Gandhis.'
Here's a list of the favourites of the billionaires.
Do tomorrow's work today, today's work now. If the moment is lost, when will you get to it?
Did the human drama provoked by the Japanese invasion of Burma and the Indian exodus from Rangoon inspire director Vishal Bhardwaj's forthcoming epic?
Fast cars, marathons, golfing and shooting - nothing stops these high-power tycoons from pursuing their passion.
Meet Mona Patel, one of CNN's Top 10 Heroes of the Year.
Pets are finally getting to have their share of fun -- out in the sun.
There is a reason Jodie Underhill is called 'garbage girl'. She has been dirtying her hands in a crusade against filth for the last 5 years.
A monsoon holiday can be cheaper because of discounts.
It is about discovery and enjoying the journey instead of focusing on the destination, says Gauri Jayaram, founder, Active Holiday Company.
The National Geographic Traveler magazine has released its go-now destinations for 2015. And apna Hyderabad is on it!
Since 1950 successive governments have tried various options but failed to reduce alienation amongst the people, for different reasons, of Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh. It is best to accept this reality and let each region charter its own path, within the framework of the Indian Constitution, says Sanjeev Nayyar.
Coritiba forward Joel Tagueu's goal celebration went spectacularly wrong when he jumped over an advertising hoarding and disappeared into a hole during a Brazilian championship match.
At the age of 28 he's perhaps the only one in the country who's making cartoons on natural history.
Of all the other cities in India, Bangalore is one city, where you can actually walk around and take in the crowd and confusion, says Sumit Ganguli.
Bezos wears it on his sleeve, Nadella keeps it quiet
50 years after a cyclone wiped it out, Dhanushkodi is slowly finding its feet. A tourist attraction precisely for its desolateness, road connectivity could soon transform it. Saisuresh Sivaswamy, who spent a few hours there, comes back enchanted.
Apple Inc's embrace of wireless charging for its new Watch may be a defining moment for a technology that's languished for years amid competing standards and consumer confusion.
'Having a voice at the table means the other side has to show up to listen. It became clear that wouldn't happen,' says actor Maulik Pancholy, one of the 10 members who resigned from the US president's advisory commission on Asian Americans.
Single mother Gauri Sawant hopes to change the way people view transgenders in India.
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani is a good-looking film but lacks a good story, writes Raja Sen.
Naomi Mihara and Ritu Panchal report from Nepal to provide a more humane picture about the conditions on the ground and how the local populace is trying to cope with it.
You won't regret including this list in your itinerary.
Users seem to like the idea too: in a recent survey by technology consultancy IHS, 83 per cent were interested in wireless charging; in China, the figure was 91 per cent.
'Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts were tables away, seated next to each other, at the SAG awards. I was shamelessly staring,' Nimrat Kaur tells Aseem Chhabra/ Rediff.com
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