Himachal Pradesh – Tom Vater

India’s ‘Middle Kingdom’ faces winds of change in The Nikkei Review

December 2, 2018December 2, 2018tomLeave a Comment

Tourism and climate change threaten way of life in scenic Himalayan valley. Laure Siegel and I report from Spiti in Himachal Pradesh, the Middle Kingdom, a remote valley between Tibet and the rest of India. KAZA, India — “There are more cars than potatoes now” sighs Chhering Angrup, slowly turning a prayer wheel below a […]

From the Archives: Shiva’s Toilet – The Parvati Valley, India

April 7, 2010May 15, 2011tomLeave a Comment

This story was originally published in my anthology Beyond the Pancake Trench, available at my Amazon Store, as Paradise Lost – How the Wild East is turning into a Trailer Park. There is a valley in the Himalayas so beautiful, that Shiva, Deity of 1008 names, Destroyer of the Universe, without Whom creation could not […]