Lest We Forget
byAt the entrance to the Hall of Remembrance in the US Holocaust Memorial, Washington, the following words are inscribed: GUARD YOURSELF AND GUARD YOUR…
Opinion
Wood for Dorje Tshering
byAll carried A piece of wood For Dorje Tshering Some carried dried loppings Others the trunk Of a middling cedar; In her tiny…
Race To The Bottom
byThe year 2020, according to the Chinese zodiac, was the Year of the Rat; it actually turned out to be the year of the…
An Evening In Shimla
byYears back, I called on the Director of Arts of the Shoolini University. Sumant Vadera, a smart tall man with a friendly outlook offered…
Book Review: Kinnaur – Unlikely Tales By Jogishwar Singh
byA Tale Of Two Love Affairs Jogishwar Singh (IAS 1976) is the bureaucrat who literally came in from the cold- from his almost ten…
Time To Introspect! Happy Himachal Day
byLast year, when terms like a pandemic, lockdown, and corona were new to most of us and everything was in a state of chaos…
Mints for the Mind
byA Review of ‘Polyticks, DeMockrazy & MumboJumbo’ by Avay Shukla I don’t really have a sweet tooth and will happily give jabelis, burfis and…
Of Probationers, Patwaris And Prophets
byIt’s impossible to get 10 IAS officers to agree on anything except the virtues of the Apex scale, which is why any contentious matter…
A New Year Resolution — Do Not Let The Bookstore Die
byThe times they are a-changing- no one makes New Year resolutions anymore, except perhaps Mr. Amit Shah and Mr. Adani. The former naturally resolves…
When A Diplomat Speaks
byBefore I joined the govt I thought “debriefing “ was something you indulged in with a lady on a lonely beach, a-la James Bond…