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…
Opinion
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…
Documenting Spiti in winter – Himanshu Khagta
bySpring has broken out in many Himalayan valleys, but Spiti, cut off from the world and under heaps of snow, without electricity for nearly…
Dum Laga ke Haisha will surely warm every heart (Movie Review)
byIt is not often you see a Hindi movie that focuses on the common man and his idea of love. Dum Laga ke Haisha…
Care for a drive on this Himachal road
byMuch has been written about this road which Hill Post also labelled as Himachal Pradesh’s worst road, but to get a feel like what…