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THE WEEK reports from Nepal: Inside the nation’s struggle to recover from a Himalayan tragedy
Torrential flood, unleashed by a glacier collapse, swept away communities, infrastructure, and centuries of heritage in Nepal. The devastation exposes a chilling reality: global warming has transformed the high Himalayas into an erratic and deadly danger zone
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Through mud and fear: The human stories behind Nepal's devastating floods
From a panicked driver to a pre-dawn emergency evacuation, this photojournalist's account details the immense challenges and the resilience of those caught in the tragedy
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Why a united Himalayan board is crucial for our future
Sadhguru emphasises that environmental disasters are a global issue caused by human activity, requiring a united, cross-border response beyond politics
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A crisis not of its making: Who will pay for Nepal's climate disaster?
Climate justice for Nepal is an urgent demand for responsibility, not charity, as the nation confronts devastating climate-induced disasters like melting glaciers and landslides it did not cause
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Why ice-rock avalanches are the new unseen threat
Ice-rock avalanches are a distinct and increasingly frequent hazard in the Himalayas, as tragically demonstrated by the disasters in Nepal and Chamoli
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A ticking time bomb? The unseen dangers of China's mega dam on Brahmaputra
China's Great Bend Hydropower Project on the Yarlung Tsangpo river poses a significant threat to downstream nations like India due to its construction in a geologically fragile and disaster-prone region
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Nanda Devi’s lost nuclear device: How an Indian Army expedition found clues to a Cold War mystery
Nearly three decades after the covert US-India mission lost a nuclear-powered device meant to spy on China at Nanda Devi, an Army expedition in 1993 recovered some of the remains. But the peak still keeps some secrets. THE WEEK brings you exclusive details of the mission
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How a 1993 Indian Army expedition conquered a forbidden peak and redeemed past failures
The Sappers made the second attempt on Nanda Devi after 13 years; the approach march from the roadhead to the base camp took 13 days and the team constructed 13 log bridges. This was the 13th successful summit of Nanda Devi’s main peak, on June 13, 1993
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A firsthand account of survival and grace on Nanda Devi
Major General Naik, SM (retd), an Arjuna awardee, is a former Corps of Engineers officer of the Army, a mountaineer and a sportsman
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Taming the twin peaks: A pioneer’s account of the hard-fought 1993 Nanda Devi ascent
Colonel Anand Swaroop's 1993 expedition to Nanda Devi faced significant challenges due to un-marked routes and banned treks, forcing them to adapt their approach from the Dharansi Pass to a river route
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From Goa to Himalayas: How ancient DNA is rewriting Indian history
Indian scientists are using ancient DNA to uncover forgotten migrations, debunk myths and quietly rewrite India’s history
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‘Genetics can detect long-term endogamy’: Kumaraswamy Thangaraj
Kumaraswamy Thangaraj is CSIR Bhatnagar Fellow, Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology, Hyderabad
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‘No genetic basis for Brahmin, dalit or OBC identities’: Niraj Rai
Niraj Rai is group head, Ancient DNA Laboratory, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow
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‘No Genghis KhanY chromosome found in India’: Gyaneshwer Chaubey
Gyaneshwer Chaubey is professor, GyanLab, Cytogenetics Unit, department of zoology, Banaras Hindu University
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‘Indian populations mixed relatively recently’: Priya Moorjani
Priya Moorjani of University of California, Berkeley, says Indian population genetics studies reveal that widespread mixture occurred relatively recently, followed by a significant shift towards endogamy
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Why are Indians prone to heart disease? The answer is in our DNA
Population genetics can help decode why Indians are susceptible to certain disorders and help develop India-specific diagnostics and drugs
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India’s hidden slaves: Fifty years on, bonded labour thrives in shadows
Half a century after India outlawed bonded labour, the practice continues in factories, workshops and brick kilns. THE WEEK ventures into the hinterlands to uncover the hidden realities of modern-day slavery
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‘Every case of bonded labour is a case of human trafficking’: P.M. Nair
P.M. Nair is honorary senior adviser, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights; honorary adviser, National Commission for Women; and former director general, National Disaster Response Force
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How an undertrial couple's fight to have a baby could change Indian prisons forever
Former 'Revolver Rani' Anuradha Chaudhary and her incarcerated gangster husband, Kala Jathedi, become parents to twin daughters via IVF, sparking a national debate on prisoners' conjugal rights and the line between punishment and humanity in India
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Can India's prisons handle conjugal rights?
Conjugal rights cannot be introduced as symbolic gestures or borrowed from international models
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How Indian crime syndicates went global
Kala Jathedi’s rise coincides with the emergence of a decentralised criminal ecosystem that enables transnational operations like the Bishnoi-Brar syndicate
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Tale of two reformers: How Sonam Wangchuk, Gitanjali Angmo are redefining activism and education
Education brought them together; agitation tested them. Sonam Wangchuk and Gitanjali J. Angmo reveal how the Delhi protests deepened the convictions that sustain their partnership
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Can Gen Z movement swing the 2029 Lok Sabha election?
Cockroach Janta Party may amplify the anti-BJP space in the coming months, and AAP and Congress will compete for it
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Changemakers | How Ratna Singh has emerged as the face of CJP's post-protest strategy
The Cockroach Janta Party is focusing on its legal battle over the anti-NEET paper leak protests and will not be entering electoral politics, according to spokesperson Ratna Singh
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Changemakers | Impossible to address paper leaks without dismantling NTA: Neha Bora
NTA paper leaks are a symptom of a deeper structural problem rooted in the National Education Policy's push for centralisation and privatisation, says the president of the All India Students’Association
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