Of Brides and Grooms: Crisis of Finding Suitable Partners
Devendra Kumar Budakoti Over the last few years, parents and social media discussions in Uttarakhand have increasingly highlighted the difficulty ...
The Aura of Maharajas, Zamindars, and Bada Sahibs:The Sociology of VIP Culture in India
Devendra Kumar Budakoti The thought of writing on this topic came to me when my padosi, Commodore (R) Ravi Nautiyal, ...
Every Tradition, Ritual, Ceremony and Prayer in the Regiment is a Parade
Devendra Kumar Budakoti What is the matter, Boss? Why am I suddenly talking about the traditions, rituals, ceremonies and prayers ...
Every Tradition, Ritual, Ceremony and Prayer in the Regiment is a Parade
Devendra Kumar Budakoti What is the matter, Boss? Why am I suddenly talking about the traditions, rituals, ceremonies and prayers ...
Remembering Gaura Devi on Her Birth Centenary
Devendra Kumar Budakoti My mind goes back to my field visits as a Community Health researcher from JNU, studying health ...
Will Increased Human Resources in Public Health Improve Health Services?
Devendra K. Budakoti The inadequacy of health services in the country is often viewed primarily as a shortage of human ...
Poor Indian Roads and Illegal Constructions Are Hurting the Economy
Devendra Kumar Budakoti Roads in India are, more often than not, in a poor state of construction and maintenance. Frustrated ...
Is Indian Politics Being Reduced to Appeasing the Unemployed?
By Devendra Kumar BudakotiOne India dreams of becoming a Neta or Abhineta, while the other strives to be a Mantri ...
Is Reverse Migration a Romantic Thought?
— Devendra Kumar Budakoti In an interactive session with students of a government intermediate college in the hills, one student ...
Dialects, Folk Culture and Oral Traditions in Uttarakhand
-Devendra K Budakoti A language and or a dialect carry the cultural heritage of the community in their geographical area. ...