Rest House Chronicles – III
byRest Houses can occasionally offer bizarre experiences, often educative but always interesting. Sometime in 1996-97 I was consigned to the dog house for some…
Opinions
Opinions
Rahul Gandhi In America
by‘A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his opinion’. (Bible Proverb 18.2) A lot is being said and written about…
Necktie On Pony’s Tail
byIn a posh restaurant in Xi’an, I was guided to the ladies lavatory. On exit, a necktie perched on the tail of an artistic…
Snail Mail
byBeing a snailure than a failure!
Rest House Chronicles — II
byForest Rest Houses are a god send
Unplanned Construction, De-forestation Playing Havoc With Himachal Ecology
byLandslides and cloudbursts, mainly during the monsoon months have wreaked havoc in Himachal Pradesh during the past so many years. Landslides have blocked roads…
India, Indians & the Missing Indianess
byIt is difficult not to get a feeling, from time to time, that a few things are seriously amiss in our nation. When need…
Rest House Chronicles — Part 1
byAs far as I know Himachal has one of the finest network of government rest-houses in the country: the Forest Deptt. has about 350…
Himachal Pradesh’s Model Of Tourism Is Not Sustainable
byMass tourism in Himachal is slowly but surely decimating the natural beauty of the state and turning its once idyllic towns into urban nightmares….
The Myth of Hindu Rashtra & Muslim Insecurities
byThe false narrative of establishment of a Hindu Rashtra being hyped by certain sections of media and others is possibly the prime reason for…