Why I shall support Modi in 2014?
byI have been getting more and more worried over the last year or so at the direction( or lack of it) in which our…
Opinion
Mouth watering street food of Shimla
byWith temperatures in the hill state soaring high to touch the 30 degree mark, it’s time for the locals to beat the heat with…
Gas Price Rise: gains without merit
byDoubling of natural gas price to $8.4/MMBtu from $4.2/MMBtu, the UPA II government has brought cheers in the camps of oil producers, but a glum…
Hopefully, both people and government will take heed of Uttarakhand tragedy
byDehra Dun : Public memory is short, but is it short enough that the people, politicians and babudom of Uttarakhand, will not take heed…
Ghanchakkar: A Painful Watch (Movie Review)
byWhen a purposeless screenplay conjoins a series of poorly fashioned dialogues and the final dish is garnished with toppings of boredom and misdirection, something…
Pitfalls and Perils of Politicized Food Insecurity
byWith food and hunger being basic human issues, there is an urgent need to extensively work at grass-root levels like neighborhood and community-based support…
India’s interest, not Beijing’s sensitivities, should dictate China policy
byOne of the major drawbacks in India’s foreign policy is that the dominant voices in the strategic community are of hawkish elements, bereft of…
Use the tragedy as a wake-up call Mr chief minister
byDehradun: The destruction of the fragile Himalayan ecology, particularly in the Garhwal division of Uttarkhand had started much before this small mountain state was…
Uttarakhand: Falling woefully short of disaster management standards
byThe jury is still out on how the blame is to be apportioned between human actions and nature’s fury for the Uttarakhand disaster. However,…
Politicking over Uttarakhand tragedy for upcoming parliamentary poll
byLost Lost Lost! Where is ‘Pappu’ (Rahul Gandhi)? Once again, this has become the trending hash tag on Twitter. While Twitterati’s ‘Feku’ (Modi) is…