A few weeks ago, I came face to face with a young judicial officer, and a sorry experience it was. My daughter had ...

On December 15, 2025, the world paused to honour the 101st birthday of Nek Chand Saini, the self-taught visionary whose ...

Bollywood songs are more than just a part of cinema—they are part of the emotional vocabulary of an entire nation. For more ...

La ke teen peg baliye… The familiar Punjabi song suddenly erupted on my car stereo. I was driving to Kasauli. Had taken a ...

Now that the “Fasten seat belts” signs have been switched off and Indigo’s schedule is beginning to return to normal, this is ...

The World Bank has approved financing of two critical programs for improving the air quality in the states of Uttar Pradesh ...

Every late December, people everywhere start believing that life will suddenly get better the moment the clock strikes ...

The Vande Bharat stable of trains is the pride of the Indian railways, and deservedly so. Their coaches are state of the art, ...

‘Wow! What a view!’ I was not prepared for the majestic Dahauladhars as I entered the room with French windows. ‘This is Diwan-e-Aam. You continue climbing up to the ‘Diwan-e-khaas’ encouraged my host ...

Shimla: A mighty, tall, gracious, over 100 years old GREEN Deodar (Cedar) tree in Sector-4 of New Shimla lies felled to the ground today. Perhaps the tree was an environmental hazard to the nearby ...

Every burst of a firecracker by children today stirs something deep within me. It brings back a flood of cherished memories from my childhood, days filled with innocent mischief, wide-eyed wonder, and ...

Himalayan states like Himachal and Uttarakhand are slowly going to pieces, literally, under the onslaught of cloudbursts, flash floods, land subsidence and collapsing infrastructure. In just the last ...