Over Coffee: Laman Strum Their Passion For Reviving Folk Music
bySetting out to revive old folk music, Laman, a folk and semi-classical band from Himachal Pradesh, had the odds stacked against them but their…
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Has the last bastion fallen ?
byThe canker has reached the Supreme Court. The ill-advised letter and comments of Justice Kurien Joseph on the Judges Meeting on Good Friday has…
Kejriwal’s animal farm – AAP
byThe Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is unraveling itself into shambles and the extrication is disturbingly similar to Animal Farm. The epic story beautifully written…
Vanishing tribe: Peanut cone vendors of Shimla
byOnce a lucrative business venture, the peanut cone vendors in Shimla are hard to find these days. Distinguishable by their green coloured tin boxes…
Parking, commercial spaces and Shimla roads
byTottering road infrastructure already having caused chaos in Shimla, the governments’ love-affair with the Private Public Partnerships (PPP) for approving large commercial buildings for…
NH10 – a revenge drama (Movie Review)
byThe subtleties in NH10 make the movie real and believable to some extent. It is a revenge drama centred on a couple who happen to…
Lynch – mob television or angst, anger and Arnab Goswami
byIf anyone should hang his head in shame today (his own words) it is none other than Mr. Arnab Goswami. His totally unfair and…
Supreme Court’s Gift to Social Media Users
byTaking due note of the changing media dynamics,the Supreme Court has considered the sustainability of Section 66 A of the IT act and declared…
BBC and the day after – the underbelly of a sick nation
byIts been a little over two weeks since the controversy over the BBC documentary INDIA’S DAUGHTER broke out, and now that just about everybody…
THE VERNAL EQUINOX
byEach year the Earth on its countless rounds Quietly slides past that point in Space When Day and Night have equal hours; And, in…