Himachal BJP Banks on Modi Magic, Congress Leans On Anti-incumbency
byHimachal Pradesh—an otherwise quaint hill state is set to face an electoral storm, two months from now. Political parties have swung into poll mode;…
Himachal Pradesh—an otherwise quaint hill state is set to face an electoral storm, two months from now. Political parties have swung into poll mode;…
Irony just died a thousand deaths, and Double-Speak became our third official language, with the launch of the Freebie jumla last month. It was,…
Shimla: The saffron brigade soldiers are depending upon their General to win the electoral battle for them in Himachal Pradesh. Facing strong winds of…
My chronology, unlike Mr. Amit Shah’s, is fairly straight forward and transparent: I was born in December 1950, joined the IAS in 1975 (…
It is relatively rare for retired civil servants to join political parties (though the trend does seem to be increasing of late), and rarer…
On “the dogmas of faith”; in parts of India, marriage is practiced, with parents often arranging the wedding, even before the child is born.*…
Nothing reveals better the depths to which we have sunk as a nation and a polity than the remission granted to the 11 convicts…
‘Dharma Chakra’ in the Indian flag, as in the Sarnath Lion, depicts the “wheel of the law” indicating – life in movement and death…
Now that the manufactured frenzy of Independence Day is over ( as if India has never celebrated 15th August before), I am happy to…
A botanical trek to a high-altitude glacial lake through a scenic trail of colourful and rich plant diversity is any field botanist’s dream. Situated…