Apples And Climate Change: Dire Threats From Fungi
byIntroduction Most of Himachal Pradesh had a disastrous 2025 apple season: First, the apple crop was very small, and then, premature leaf fall in…
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The Revival Of Urdu — A Language Of Love, Leisure And Learning!
byUrdu is still the language of heart of all, especially non-Muslims! More Hindus at Shankar-Shad Mushaira Urdu is where words become art and heart,…
Privilege Does Not Blind. Poverty Does Not Enlighten.
byAt a recent conference in Shimla, a speaker paused mid-address, scanned the audience, and pointed directly at me. With a tone that was part…
Wars, Ecocide And The Doomsday Clock
byIt’s a disturbing sign of the times that the global levers of power today are controlled by genocidal murderers, sex offenders, megalomaniacs, war criminals…
Eco-tourism in Spiti
byHimachal being a mountain state holds an ample opportunity to be promoted as an ecotourism destination. It covers all the important parameters of ecotourism…
Shimla That Was Simla
by‘I stay in Kelston’ the guy said. I didn’t know where in Shimla was this locality. But I guessed it to have derived its…
Low On Oil, But We Have Plenty Of Gas !
byI can’t be sure, but I’m fairly positive that the most Googled word this fortnight was “gas”, thanks to the Gulf conflict and the…
When Virality Challenges Our Values
byToday we stand at an important moment in history. The world is changing rapidly, and our youth are stepping confidently into the digital age….
A Slightly Nervous Conversation with the Future
byThe World Before Breakfast Most days begin innocently enough. You wake up, stretch, walk to the kitchen, and glance at your phone or the…
Scrubbing The Mirror Doesn’t Help
byThe smell of censorship hangs heavily over Delhi these days, enveloping two books, one for perhaps containing official secrets, the other for calling a…