
Lake in Nainital
Everyone who visits Nainital gravitates toward Naini Lake. They hire boats, crowd the Mall Road, and photograph the same crescent of water backed by the same ridge of mountains. Meanwhile, less than two kilometers away, Sukha Tal sits in relative quiet — a freshwater lake that once served as Nainital's primary drinking water source and now exists in a strange limbo between neglect and rediscovery. The water here is still, almost unnervingly so, reflecting the oak and pine forests that slope d...























