The Year No One Wanted
This is the year no one wanted.
Homes turned to prisons.
Livelihoods, hated
Born as gilded dreams
This is the year we didn’t want.
It forced us
Think.
Of yesterday, today,
The
If, of tomorrow
The far distance of another day
Has never looked so close
So shadowed
Till today
Author, historian and journalist. He has published seven books on the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh and its capital Shimla and is a recognised authority on both. He has handled assignments for television, including for the BBC, and for the Indian Institute of Advanced Study and various departments of the Indian Government. He writes regularly for magazines and papers in India and elsewhere. He is the state Co-convenor of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage.
