Shimlaites Must Own Responsibility For The Mess They Are In
Shimla is being asphyxiated by the sheer volume of traffic on its roads which can neither be expanded nor widened because of the topography
The Pangs Of Fatehpur
The internet, competitive consumerism and the breakdown of familial relationships drive us to constantly seek “new experiences” and new vistas
Muzaffarpur Deaths: How To Outsource One’s Conscience
The first major test of Ayushman Bharat, a program of assured health care for millions of India’s poor, was in Muzaffarpur – and it failed miserably.
Dirty Linen And Clean Chits
Washing machine has been improved upon and today the clean chits come out smelling of roses, the dirt flushed into the holy Ganga and recycled under the Swachh Bharat programme.
Rahul Gandhi And Congress Must Stay Course
The naked truth is that Rahul Gandhi did not lose the 2019 polls, Congress ideology did. Messers Modi and Shah have created a New India in which there appears to be no place for what the Congress has always stood for: liberal values, secularism, inclusiveness, consensus, human rights, genuine federalism, compassion for the poor.
What Will It Take For The Himachal Forest Dept. To Wake Up ?
The explosion of trekking in forest areas and fragile mountains is getting completely out of hand and in the days to come shall pose the biggest danger to the natural environment, including its flora and fauna.
Where Will Mr Modi Take Us From Here ?
The Modi- Shah duo have single handedly replaced the idea/ideology of a humane, plural, tolerant India with an assertive, Hindu dominated, impatient, proud India which is prepared to wait another five years for the fruits of development to trickle down to it.
Confessions Of A Bookworm
Hazaribagh in the early 1960s. I was ten when I first got to know Dr. Binoy Chatterjee: I don’t know how old he was,…
TAKE A BOW, GENTLEMEN, YOU HAVE HIT ROCK BOTTOM
Even by the standards of our rapidly plummeting polity and social discourse the events of the last week have shocked all right (and left)…
Night Bus To Mandi
Most people would be surprised to learn that Himachal’s most iconic symbols are neither Preity Zingta nor Kangana Ranaut, it is the HRTC (the…