Monthly: December 2004

TSUNAMI HELP

Posted on December 28, 2004 by Avnish Katoch

1. BAPS Care InternationalContact: Shailendra Adroja; 1-732-744-1744 Checks payable to: BAPS Care International Address: 195, Main Street, Suite # 304MetuchenNew Jersey-08840 Payments can also be made [...]

Feel proud, the very first Hero was from us!

Posted on December 22, 2004 by Avnish Katoch

Major Somnath Sharma, the very first recipient of Param Vir Chakra! Major Som Nath Sharma was born on 31 January 1923 in Dadh, Kangara District in [...]

A hero to remember!

Posted on December 21, 2004 by Avnish Katoch

http://www.bharat-rakshak.com Rediff Specials Rediff Special Indian Army A touching story about Vikram about his days in NDA on WIKI Gave his life for our future on [...]

Sale of girls!

Posted on December 21, 2004 by Avnish Katoch

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20041222/edit.htm#3 Sale of girls The bitter truth about Himachal Pradesh THE issue of the reported sale of girls in the Transgiri area of Sirmaur district of [...]

Para/hang Gliding in Himachal

Posted on December 18, 2004 by Avnish Katoch

http://www.pg-himachal.net/ www.paraglidingindia.net For those who don’t know Billing India yet, it is considered by lot of pilots as being one of the best and safest flying [...]

Heli Skiing in Himachal

Posted on December 15, 2004 by Avnish Katoch

http://www.himachal.com/

Rs 2,000-cr winter sport resort proposed

Posted on December 13, 2004 by Avnish Katoch

Tribune News Service http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20041213/himachal.htm#3 Shimla, December 12 The state government and the Himalayan Ski Village, owned by the Ford Motor Company, will be signing an MOU [...]

KANGRA SHAWLS

Posted on December 12, 2004 by Avnish Katoch

http://www.k2crafts.com/ K2Crafts is part of an exemplary project empowering women through social and economic capacity building.

A source for buying shawls in USA

Posted on December 12, 2004 by Avnish Katoch

http://www.toastandstrawberries.com/apparel_series4.htm

President at Agri. Univ. in Palampur

Posted on December 12, 2004 by Avnish Katoch

Complete speech is on President’s website Hill Agriculture for Prosperous Himachal Pradesh I am delighted to be here and interact with the students and faculty of [...]

Himachalis in Amritsar!

Posted on December 10, 2004 by Avnish Katoch

Those who eat together, stay together. Himachalis eating a community meal at a wedding. Photo by Rajiv Sharma. It’s a rendezvous with riches for these [...]

They resolve disputes the panchayati way

Posted on December 10, 2004 by Avnish Katoch

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20041209/aplus.htm#13The Himachalis have brought to the city a unique tradition of settling family disputes. They have settled many disputes through their age-old panchayati system. Even elected [...]

MADAN LAL – GREAT CRICKETER

Posted on December 6, 2004 by Avnish Katoch

Amritsar’s Himachali World Cup hero Tribune article! Madhi Bhaa, as Madan Lal is fondly called, scored 10,204 runs with 22 hundreds, 50 half-centuries and a top [...]

Nishtha

Posted on December 3, 2004 by Avnish Katoch

http://www.nishtha-hp.org/english/index.htm Nishtha is a charitable trust situated in Sidhbari, a small village in the Himalayan foothills of the North Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The main [...]