Thapa’s stand holds a tragic grandeur: a small band determined not just to fight, but to hold hope alive for a land drifting into chaos. In 1948, as the newly independent India reeled from multi-front ...

How a cut-off outpost in Baltistan endured isolation, starvation and relentless assault before finally falling in one of the most tragic episodes of the Kashmir war. For months, Skardu’s tiny garrison ...

Sher Jung Thapa was born on June 18, 1908, at Abbotabad, in present day Pakistan. His parents, simple Gorkhas that they were, relocated to McLeodganj, near Dharamsala, in the present day Himachal ...

Accessible only by foot, the Upper Kachura Lake is a pristine pool hidden between barren hills. The 70-metre-deep lake freezes in winter, allowing children to play cricket on ice, while in the summer, ...

There’s something about Skardu that makes you want to come to visit it again and again. I’ve been to many places, traversed paths less travelled and ventured to destinations most people may not have ...

Dubai is now directly connected to the Pakistani city of Skardu, thanks to Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). Accessible to UAE residents within a three-and-a-half an hour flight, Pakistan's ...