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Bangladesh–India border

Tibetan exiles in Sikkin, along the India/China border.

What it’s like on a 9,000 mile journey along India’s borders

Lifestyle & Belief

Along India’s remote northern border, a writer finds that country borders — and even nationality — make little difference to people day by day. Yet the India-Pakistan partition is still very much a powerful memory.

Measuring the Impact of Bhutan’s Melting Glaciers

Environment
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