The Schlagintweit drawings remind us that the Himalaya was never a distant, untouched image—it was always being seen, measured, and shaped through many eyes and many journeys. In Dehradun, that…

What followed didn’t feel like a structured talk. It felt more like listening to someone think out loud—moving from one idea to another, letting stories connect in unexpected ways. I…

From a hesitant porter to one of the greatest surveyors of Asia, Nain Singh Rawat’s journey reveals how knowledge is sometimes built not in institutions, but step by measured step…

Part – 1 I had read about the Schlagintweit brothers before, but learning that their drawings would be exhibited in India for the first time—through a collaboration between PAHAR and…

As part of the ongoing exhibition “Himalayan Encounters: Hidden Views from 170 Years Ago,” a special interactive session titled “Conversations on Schlagintweit Drawings” was held on April 22, 2026, at…

नई दिल्ली स्थित इंडिया इंटरनेशनल सेंटर (एनेक्सी, 40 मैक्स मूलर मार्ग) में 22 से 29 अप्रैल 2026 तक “Himalayan Encounters – Hidden Views from 170 Years Ago: The Schlagintweit Drawings/Images…

New Delhi, April 21, 2026 — An important exhibition titled “Himalayan Encounters – Hidden Views from 170 Years Ago: The Schlagintweit Drawings/Images in India” has opened at the India International…

The Schlagintweit Drawings in India Step into a rare visual journey across the Himalayas as seen through the eyes of 19th-century explorers. Himalayan Encounters presents a remarkable collection of drawings…

(Kumaun University, HNB Garhwal University, Gurukul Kangri University and Uttarakhand Open University) The text is a modest attempt to report, narrate and index five-decade long history of doctoral research in…