Maids or Machines: Convenience or Connection ?
byLast week, my kitchen—and a part of my routine—fell silent. My maid of ten years, Hazra, went back to her hometown and didn’t return….
Offbeat
When Only Love Remains
byI have just returned from my hometown, Kanpur, after severing the last remaining physical link with my late parents, with the tangible legacies of…
A Sad Tale of a Mother & Daughter from Meghalaya
byUntil just two months ago, amid the noise at a certain point on the periphery of Iewduh market, there stood a petite woman —…
The Day The Magpies Left
byFor six months of the year, confined in my NCR flat like a Trappist monk, the only birds I get to see are pigeons,…
Last Bus To Mandi
byMost people would would be surprised to learn that Himachal’s most iconic symbols are neither Preity Zingta nor Kangana Ranaut, it is the HRTC…
Tea with Gurkhas – World’s Bravest Infantry Soldiers.
byDarjeeling – that quaint Indian hill station invented by the British East India Company way back in the early 19th century is evocative of…
A Bridge to De-siloization
byGovernment departments are often blamed of working in silos. However, there come instances in public life when the silos are forced broken and heartwarming,…
Kangana Ranaut To Open Cafe In Manali
byManali: Popular Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut calls this her dream venture that apart from cinema, she is also passionate about food. Kangana plans to…
Shimla’s Antiquarian Treasure Trove
byA brief history of India in French published in 1552, just before Emperor Akbar reclaimed the Mughal empire in 1556 after a battle victory…
Persons With Disability Tandem Cycling Expedition Flagged Off
byManali: A 550 kilometre tandem cycling expedition from here to Khardung La Pass (5359 meters altitude) that has 25 mountain bikers, which include blind,…