How a simple rice dish became a Tamil symbol of resistance in Sri Lanka.

An ecological disaster in India’s Joshimath town has come to symbolise a deeper struggle in India where tourism profits and power needs take precedence over people and the planet.

Public floggings are business as usual in Aceh, a uniquely conservative province in Indonesia, home to the world’s largest Muslim population. But a newly-inducted all-women flogging squad belies the history of sexual violence in the region.

From war zone to heritage hub, it’s the new destination of culture tourism in the Himalayas. Pallavi Pundir chronicles the transformation.