‘BRIDAL JEWELLERY’ of Spiti – A visual treat of a Hinterland
byAn innate desire of humans is to look beautiful and that’s why jewellery was invented. Surprisingly, it was not the ‘Homo sapiens’ but the ‘Neanderthals’ who…
Opinion
The Final Goodbye
bySome readers may find this blog a bit on the morbid side, but hold your final verdict till you come to the end of…
Guess What; HP Is A Model State For Sustainable Development
byIn the midst of raging debate, I thought it would be a good exercise to figure out what have the governments been doing all…
Himachal’s Day After – Render Unto Nature What Is Nature’s
byIt took Nature just one cataclysmic week in Himachal to reclaim the spaces which Man had been encroaching upon for decades, both in the…
Of Testimonials, Testicles And Testing Times
byPeople who have had the debatable good fortune to have met me, and have survived the encounter, will tell you that I have an…
Men And Horses Never Get Old !
bySaying that something “never gets old”- is positive. Had it been in human hands, nobody would like to grow old and die. But the…
Himachal – Development Or Delusion
byUnprecedented, devastating floods in Himachal Pradesh calls for some soul searching and that too on an urgent basis. We have had floods in the…
200-Year-Old Gyab-Thago Mud Heritage Home, Ladakh Revisited
by“So much of our future lies in preserving the past.” – Peter Westbrook. It is assumed that concrete buildings have a life of 100 years, but strangely mud and timber houses can last for more than…
GIPSA – Its Ramifications and Implications
byOur 20 years old son needed to fix his knee which got injured while playing a football match for his university team. MRI revealed…
Himachal’s Environmental Blind Spots
byIt would appear that Himachal’s first-time Chief Minister, Mr. Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, has made a fairly good start to his innings, which is just…