Living with the Mountains
byHill stations hold a special place in our collective imagination. For many, they are the perfect escape from sweltering summers—places where the air feels…
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HIMACHAL’S CADRE MANAGEMENT BY REEMPLOYMENTS, EXTENSIONS AND ADDITIONAL CHARGES IS A DISASTER.
byMy home cadre, Himachal Pradesh, has been witnessing an extraordinary (and ongoing) kerfuffle in its corridors of power over the last month or so….
The Anatomy Of A Partly Wasted Life
byMost of us seek wisdom by reading tomes by wise men and Shashi Tharoor, but once in a while, going through a book for…
The Vanishing State: Himachal’s Race Against Environmental Collapse
byHimachal Pradesh stands at a precipice. The mountain state is enduring a relentless cycle of environmental catastrophe, yet its stakeholders – government officials, developers,…
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
byI don’t fly much these days, mainly because I never know whether my plane is being flown by a pilot, co-pilot or auto-pilot. That’s…
The 2025 Punjab Floods: A Call for Unity and Innovation
byIn the summer of 2025, Punjab, India’s agricultural heartland, endured one of its most catastrophic flood events in nearly four decades. Relentless monsoon rains,…
The Sovereign Right To Privacy – Or Secrecy ?
byWe live in strange times indeed where the rules of logic are turned on their head everyday with every new executive diktat or court…
GST on Knowledge Is a Tax on the Nation’s Future
byFor years, ordinary people have lived under the weight of GST, a tax many jokingly called the “Great Suffering Tax.” Yes, it came down…
The Great Weight Divide: Life Beyond the Scale
byIn my mom’s time, being slightly plump and curvaceous wasn’t just acceptable—it was attractive. Remember the old Bollywood heroines proudly filling the screen in…
Poker, Jokers and Broken Homes: The Digital Drug Finally Banned
byNothing is more heartening than the fact that the Government of India has now fully banned all real-money online games, including fantasy sports, card…