gauravk

Sad. I remember as a kid, growing up in Kashmir, I took special pride in my Urdu calligraphy skills. Writing each sentence was like an art project.

Relevant: "The Now Habit" http://www.amazon.com/The-Now-Habit-Overcoming-Procrastinati...

This book talk about some of the topics you touched upon in great detail.

Well... India is a large country with a growing middle class. It doesn't need foreign tourists to do the damage.

This should give some perspective :) : http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/hail-no-an-account-of-t...

I was there at the site in 2010. It was an amazing trek (http://roopkund.com/).

Right now, the forest officials are struggling to preserve the remains because tourist often like to take the skeletons back with them as souvenirs. Since the lake is far off and frozen for eight months in a year, it is difficult to guard the area. Most skeletons and bones have been stolen over the years with only a few skulls and bones remaining around the frozen lake.