Stars Of Shimla – Samuel Evans Aka Satyanand Stokes
At last I was at ‘Harmony Hall’ – the abode of the only ‘American’ freedom fighter of India. The huge, beautiful and traditional Pahari…
A Horse called Cocktail !
The horse caught my eye as it was different! It was a young colt, with patches of roan and grey (white) all over. You…
Stars Of Shimla – Sir Jogendra Singh
For much of the period of British Raj, Shimla or Simla was the summer capital of India where the high and mighty of the…
Shimla That Was Simla
‘I stay in Kelston’ the guy said. I didn’t know where in Shimla was this locality. But I guessed it to have derived its…
The Grand Culmination Of An Education Project In Kashmir
As I watched Jammu and Kashmir cricket team erupt in joy on breaking the glass ceiling by lifting the Ranji trophy my thoughts went…
Beautiful Locales And Damsels
It is a singular honor for a place, that to a beautiful one, being named after one. Historically, cities and regions have been named…
Mightier Than The Moghul
As the sunlight from the airplane window hit me in the face, I squinted and looked out. The clouds had disappeared and sky was…
Ayo Gurkhali
“Jagadish SJBR”, announced the carved iron alphabets welded artistically on the huge wrought iron gate of the most exclusive house on a picturesque hillock…
Nehruvian Game Changer Idea
In my long reading life, I have come to the stage where biographies (the term includes autobiographies) have become my first choice. In addition…
Kishtwar – The Fort That Isn’t
Kishtwar was always on my bucket list. The famous Rajmahs, untouched scenic beauty, its border with my Himachal, shared Chandrabhaga or Chenab river, the…