Is the Chief Minister playing to the gallery by talking of eradicating corruption?
byDehra Dun : Chief minister Vijay Bahuguna literally let a cat loose amongst the pigeons when at meetings in Hardwar and Roorkee he openly…
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Car-o-Bar
byThe time had come to realise that new middle class aspiration, buying a car! Or may be as someone counselled, “the time has gone,…
Sarita Vaidya, the Slum Teacher Who Transformed A Community
byA long time ago, I heard about a lady who was running a single-room school in the slums of the Mandi town, Himachal Pradesh. Recently, I got…
Is Vijay Bahuguna’s corruption eradication drive in Uttarakhand doomed for failure?
byDehradun : The recent announcement of chief minister Vijay Bahuguna that all departments will have vigilance cells in a bid to curb corruption notwithstanding,…
Endangered pheasant species multiply in Himalayan park
byKullu (Himachal Pradesh): The presence of the highly endangered, elusive western tragopan can now be felt more clearly in the Great Himalayan National Park…
The Himalayas and the Old Man: How much do we care?
byIgnorance is not always bliss; not when the climate and pristine ecology is at stake. A change in the climate that has served millions…
OOT PATANG
byWhile I was trying to elaborate on a complicated non point, she interjected, “Yeh kya Oot Patang bolte rehte ho!” Perhaps without any hope…
Revised Rat Race
byThere is a voice inside of you , That whispers all day long, “I feel this is right for me, I know that this…
BJP yet to get over loss of its poster boy in Uttarakhand
byDehradun : The BJP has not been able to overcome from the setback that its poster boy, former chief minister Maj Gen B C…
THE HEAD OFFICE
byIt stands there, in steps on the slope at the edge of a deodar forest; of southerly aspect catching the precious winter sun when…