When One Is Less Than Zero
I really don’t have much to do in my Himachal village these days, other than watch things sliding down the slopes- roads, houses, trees,…
My Moon Is Made Of Green Cheese, Not Titanium
It has not been a particularly good fortnight for people of my vintage, brought up to regard the moon- that “silver deity of secret…
A Citizen’s Wish List For A Battered Himachal And Shimla
Now that the rains have mercifully abated in Himachal, the various Whatsapp groups have offered their anodyne prayers for the state, donations have been…
Start-Ups And Screw-Ups
These are challenging times for government pensioners, of which horde I am one. One suspects that the government resents the fact that we now…
Himachal — “Planning” For More Disasters ?
As I write this on the 9th of August the famed Kullu- Manali National Highway has been closed since the 11th of July, and…
The Evil That Men (And Governments) Do Lives After Them……..
The run up to the 2024 elections has begun. Motivated pre-poll surveys are popping up everywhere and confuse us on a daily basis, the…
The Final Goodbye
Some readers may find this blog a bit on the morbid side, but hold your final verdict till you come to the end of…
Himachal’s Day After – Render Unto Nature What Is Nature’s
It took Nature just one cataclysmic week in Himachal to reclaim the spaces which Man had been encroaching upon for decades, both in the…
Of Testimonials, Testicles And Testing Times
People who have had the debatable good fortune to have met me, and have survived the encounter, will tell you that I have an…
Himachal’s Environmental Blind Spots
It would appear that Himachal’s first-time Chief Minister, Mr. Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, has made a fairly good start to his innings, which is just…