PHILATELY: KING OF HOBBIES
byPoking around the family archives, I happened to come across a bundle of philatelic material- waiting, perhaps, for my attention. I am carried on…
Opinion
SPECTACULAR HIGH ALTITUDE PASSES OF HIMACHAL- PIN PARBAT
byThe massive Pir Panjal range of the Greater Himalaya separates the districts of Kullu and Lahaul-Spiti in Himachal Pradesh. There are a number of rugged…
THE SLAPSTICK QUANDARY
byThe last fortnight has not been a good one for Himachal’s politicians. The Chief Minister, Mr. Sukhu, lived up to the promise he had…
DELHI, HANG YOUR HEAD IN SHAME
byMy first posting as Deputy Commissioner was in 1980, to a district called Una. Una sits uncomfortably on the border with Punjab, and was…
LAST RIGHTS
byNotwithstanding the hundreds of babies who die every year in hospitals of the Delhi, Gorakhpur and Farrukhabad variety, rates of both infant and maternal…
THE MISSING GATE-KEEPERS
byCampaigning is now almost over as we head inexorably for Result day on the 4th of June, and it is a prospect which fills…
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PURANIKOTI DIARY – LEARNING SOME LESSONS FROM NATURE
byOne is never too old to learn a lesson or two about life. I found that out this month, the lesson being that you…
ECHOES OF GENIUS: A Tribute to Nari Gandhi’s Architectural Legacy
byHave you ever heard of an architect who worked without an office and rarely made detailed drawings for his building projects? It may seem…
WHERE THERE’S A WILL THERE ARE MANY WAYS
byApril is the cruelest month, and not only for the reasons given by T.S.Eliot: it is also that dreaded month when we have to…
REWILDING INDIA (II)- WE CAN’T RELY ON GOVERNMENTS ALONE
byAs I have stressed in my last blog (Part-I), the job of rewilding is too big and innovative for governments to handle. Globally, the…