Nature’s Fury
byEver since my husband retired, we have been spending five to six months of the summer in Mashobra, a small hamlet in Himachal Pradesh….
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A Citizen’s Wish List For A Battered Himachal And Shimla
byNow that the rains have mercifully abated in Himachal, the various Whatsapp groups have offered their anodyne prayers for the state, donations have been…
THIKSEY MONASTERY, LADAKH: A Must-Visit Destination
byThiksey Monastery is one of Ladakh’s most beautiful and largest Buddhist monasteries. It is affiliated with the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism. Due to…
Habib was Muhammad Ali Clay of Indian Football: Football connoisseurs remember him as the “Indian Pele”!
byA football enthusiast, I was witness to Mohammed Habib’s wily goal for Mohammedan Sporting FC against Bank of Seoul of South Korea in the…
Start-Ups And Screw-Ups
byThese are challenging times for government pensioners, of which horde I am one. One suspects that the government resents the fact that we now…
Why Kite-flying On August 15 ?
byChali chali re patang nmeri chali re Ho ke badlon ke paar Ho ke dor pe sawar Chali chali re! My kite goes soaring,…
Himachal — “Planning” For More Disasters ?
byAs I write this on the 9th of August the famed Kullu- Manali National Highway has been closed since the 11th of July, and…
Gurudwara Pathar Sahib, Leh: A Symbol of ‘Unity in Diversity’
byAs the name suggests, Gurdwara Pathar Sahib in Leh is built around a sacred pathar (rock/boulder) immortalized by the touch of Guru Nanak Dev…
The Evil That Men (And Governments) Do Lives After Them……..
byThe run up to the 2024 elections has begun. Motivated pre-poll surveys are popping up everywhere and confuse us on a daily basis, the…
Mysterious Himachal – Grandeur of Khangsar Palace
byManali: Khangsar literally means “a new home” in Tibetan and is located in the Lahaul Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh. The two hundred years…