The Latest Breaking News from Uttarakhand

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Because something is happening here but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones?– Bob Dylan, Ballad of a Thin Man, Highway 61 Revisited, 1965. I was offered my first job in Mumbai on a very rainy day in September 2005, a few weeks after we had celebrated the…

The first images of the recent disaster in Dharali, Uttarakhand, came from two brothers in the village, Sumit and Manmohan. Filming from their rooftop, they captured scenes that would become the earliest visuals to reach social media and newsrooms.

Four days after the flash floods tore through Uttarakhand, the Dharali area is still completely cut off from the road. Phone lines were down till Friday evening. The constant helicopter movement gives the impression of large-scale rescue efforts, but locals say the reality is different. They allege that only tourists…