Sikkim’s organic mission turns 20: lessons from the world’s first fully organic state
Twenty years after Sikkim banned synthetic fertilisers and pesticides, the world’s first fully organic state is…
Nathula opens wider: Sikkim’s border trade enters a cautious new phase
The Nathula Pass, where Sikkim meets Tibet at 14,000 feet, added two trading days to its…
Gangtok’s homestay boom reshapes life on the Sikkim–Tibet border
In the high villages of North Sikkim, where winter once meant six months of near-isolation, homestays…
Sikkim’s Great Himalayan Trail: the 500-km trek connecting 18 mountain villages
The Great Himalayan Trail of Sikkim, now in its fifth season, stitches 500 kilometres of mountain…
Sikkim’s cardamom farmers brace for a changing spice market
Large cardamom — the ‘queen of spices’ that built Sikkim’s hillside economy — is facing its…
Gangtok’s waste problem: a hill capital fights its own landfill
Gangtok, a city built on a hillside with no room for sprawling landfills, is in a…
Sikkim’s yak herders of Lachen: a high-altitude life in transition
The yak herders of Lachen and Lachung have grazed the high pastures of North Sikkim for…
Sikkim’s rooftop solar push: the state that banned plastic bags now targets the grid
Sikkim, which banned plastic bags in 1998 and went fully organic in 2016, has a new…
Sikkim’s Lepcha community maps its sacred lands for the first time
The Lepcha people of Sikkim’s Dzongu reserve call themselves the ‘children of the hidden land’ —…
Gangtok’s cable car: a 20-year-old ride still reshaping the capital’s skyline
Gangtok’s cable car, which has carried locals and tourists between the city’s lower and upper bazaars…