News & Views from The Himalayas
“Pakistan,” he said “Is a country without heroes. There are only two real ‘home-grown’ ones, Mohammed Ali Jinnah and Imran Khan. For others, we have either to borrow them from India and deny our shared heritage or turn to the wealthier and not necessarily desirable images from other nations.”
In the run up to general elections, India’s political arena reflects a nudist colony without mirrors. There is huge competition over heaping abuse and…
Come March every year and I cannot wait to get back to my tiny village in the mountains after a seven month , soul…
We don’t need a chowkidar, sir. What the country is in desperate need of is a wise, compassionate, tolerant, far-sighted Prime Minister who coopts the best (not the slavishly loyal, like you have done) talent in our land and listens to them.
Everything in life has a foil, an exact opposite which by contrast gives meaning to an object or idea. Thus a hero has an…
If first few weeks of Priyanka Gandhi are any indication of her approach to politics, then there appears to be little to differentiate between…
Watering holes are essential retreats for all species, in the real jungle or the urban one. They provide much needed R+R and the…
India is in the grip of the ‘Blind Bhakti’ Syndrome, which is quite different from one’s devotion to God. This blind bhakti is towards…
THE GREAT HIMALAYAN NATIONAL PARK- The Struggle to save the western Himalayas. by Sanjeeva Pandey and Anthony J Gaston. Published by Niyogi Books,…
There have been a lot of responses on the order passed by the honourable Supreme Court (SC) of India to try and resolve the…