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Travel: Ladakh

Stop here, or gently pass Preserve the land’s beauty with responsible change, says the writer, who returns to Ladakh after 29 years   I stared around at Changspa, mouth agape. The long and winding street was full of tourists, mostly foreigners. They were everywhere, peering at the coral and turquoise knick-knacks on display in the…

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Feature: AIDS and the Army

‘We are fighting to contain AIDS in the Army’ “The ideal I’m working towards is a zero-AIDS situation. As of now, I know that sounds like moonshine. However, to achieve something, you have to aim for the moon.” Lt General D Raghunath, Director General Armed Forces Medical Services, is not much given to mouthing moonshine….

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