Of Fish and Turtles of Bua Rani
byFrom early years of married life, raising an aquarium at home was our desire. I took to studying the techniques and styles & the…
Opinion
The Lock Down Diaries (XVIII) – The Duffer Zone
byThese days I find myself inclining more and more to the poetic. And therefore, like Wordsworth, my heart leapt up with joy the other…
Self-reliant Cooperatives Needed For Sustainable Mountain Development
bySustainable mountain development, for long, has been a focal point worldwide to maintain the ecological balance and at the same time, improve the quality…
The Lockdown Diaries (XVII) — Puranikoti And The Other Side Of COVID
bySocial distancing actually works! It’s been more than a month since I arrived in my little village near Shimla from Delhi and my Oxymeter…
The Lock Down Diaries (XVI)- Flip Flops Do Not A Tourism Policy Make
byOne of the more unsavoury, man-made consequences of the pandemic has been the almost total concentration of power in the executive arm of governments….
The Lock Down Diaries (XV) – Journalism As News Laundering And Bhakti
byMove over, Arnab Goswami and Sambit Patra- the putrefying corpse of Indian journalism has a new poster boy! None other than our resident, apoplectic…
Of Guinea fowl of BuaRani
byIt was my ‘first sight love’ of Guinea fowl, at a friend’s house. Once seen, never forgotten -they look peculiar. With their unique personalities…
Priyanka’s dilemma: Will she, won’t she?
byIn Uttar Pradesh, Congress this time is at its lowest tally in Lok Sabha (1) as well as Vidhan Sabha (7). Rahul led the…
The Lock Down Diaries (XIV) – Quarantined In Eden
byMy family and I normally “migrate” to our cottage in Puranikoti village near Shimla every year in April but couldn’t this year because of…
Covid Triggered Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Likely To Rise
byLet the fact sink in that COVID-19 pandemic will have long-term effects on the global economy, politics, society, culture and everyone’s way of life,…