Dehradun, Aug. 10 -- Parmir Knot on far northern side of Hindu Kush Himalayan Region

All Around the World with the Most Travelled Indian

After having physically visited the major mountain ranges of every continent (including Antarctica), I can confidently say there is no place like home and, here, by home I mean the Hindu Kush Himalayan eco-system that rests right above us too in Uttarakhand. This area includes the Himalayas, the Hindu Kush, Karakoram and the Parmirs and these young mountain chains (caused by the collision of the Indian plate with the Asian one) are the sources of 10 major glacial rivers. They also hold the largest snow and ice freshwater deposits in the world, outside of the 2 poles, i.e. the Arctic and the Antarctic. ...