And if that were not bad enough, the Himalayan valleys act as chimneys, pumping pollutants from the Indian plains to the mountain peaks.

ECONOMIST: Pollution in the Himalayas

Among other things, as gambling has increasingly moved out of Las Vegas and into Midwestern riverboats, Florida Indian reservations and Colorado mountain towns, there are more chances than ever to play games of chance.

WSJ: Bingo Finds Fans Among New, Hipster Crowd

In 2006, London-based private equity firm Stellican Limited put Indian back together at a new plant in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, and started producing Indian Chief motorcycles again, in limited numbers.

FORBES: Indian Motorcycle Rides Again

He parks the truck on the top of the mountain, just feet away from an old Ute Indian game-tracking trail.

FORBES: Adventurer

Businessman Ray Coyle, owner of Largo foods, the company behind Tayto in the Republic has turned 55 acres of farmland into an American-themed park, which will include an Indian village, adventure playgrounds and exotic animals from buffalo to cougars and mountain lions.

BBC: Tayto amusement park opens in County Meath

The main exception to that has been the events of the summer of 2008, when the government of Indian-administered Kashmir decided to transfer to a Hindu religious trust 100 acres of land on a mountain route leading to an important shrine.

BBC: Q&A: Kashmir dispute