Silence please! The gods are meditating in Himachal villlage
byManali:Â Visitors to Goshal village and nine tiny hamlets located in its vicinity in Kullu district have been warned not to make a noise…
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Himachal painter gets Padma Shri award
byShimla : Known for his Kangra miniature paintings , Vijay Sharma from Himachal Pradesh has been named for the Padma Shri award . He…
Collage, memory & many voices inspire novelist Michael Ondaatje
byJaipur : The art of collage, memories and the multiplicity of voices inspire Sri Lanka-born Canadian novelist Michael Ondaatje, the Man Booker prize winning…
Author backed cocktails to keep spirits soaring in Jaipur
byJaipur : Sample this: Benquiri, Ondaatje Slammer, Pinker Colada, Kunzru Punch, Dalrymple Breezer – a hotel in this city is paying ode to the…
Bonfires, celebrations mark Lohri across north India
byChandigarh/New Delhi : Bonfires on streets, house compounds, campuses of schools, colleges and universities and even at offices — the festive mood of Lohri…
Lohri bonfire to keep the cold at bay in the hills
byPhoto: Amit
Queen of hills abused by govt on new year’s eve
byShimla : For the first time in the long history of Shimla a unique tradition has been violated and destroyed . And ironically the…
The Dalai Lama heads for Gaya to attend Kalchakra
byVideo: Nagender Ranta
Shimla celebrates New Year with ice skating carnival
byShimla : Hundreds of new year revellers thronged Shimla’s ice skating rink to watch the exciting ice-skating festival in this Himachal Pradesh capital. On…
Kangris and Kashmiris…one can’t be separated from the other
byKhrew (Jammu and Kashmir) : For 40-year-old Bashir Ahmad Sheikh, it doesn’t matter whether the art of weaving the traditional Kashmiri firepot, the kangri,…