The problem of health and illness have been mystified to such an extent that confusion prevails not only in the minds of masses but also among the ‘well educated’ class. Health and illness is thought to be a prerogative of the medical sciences and any problem thereof could only be solved by medicine and medical … Read more
Drudgery in the hills……….. Earlier she carried firewood, now its gas cylinder……….from road head to her village……….
After environmentalists, the nature’s fury has also not spared the hydropower projects in Uttarakhand. The damage caused by the June 16-17 deluge on hydropower projects in Uttarakhand may be worse than what was previously reported. From JP Group’s 400 MW Vishnuprayag project on Alaknanda river to NHPC’s 280 MW Dhauliganga project, scores of the operational … Read more
They used their hands and minds, limited manual technology on death-wish edges and thresholds, their physical bodies, their willpower and compassion, and their trained, hardened skills to save tens of thousands of marooned pilgrims in the most remote terrain of the high Himalaya. The Indian Army, Indian Air Force pilots, and paramilitary forces like the … Read more
Tea Garden in Uttarakhand Garhwal and the Chowfin family; While the tea plant was growing wild in the jungles of Assam in north east India and used by the local tribal’s, its commercial production started only in the late 1830s, by the East India Company. It was Robert Bruce and his brother Charles, an employee … Read more
I recognize her and saw her by chance Though not very sure at the first glance Took a chance by halting and going back Yes she was the sister seen after years back We are all busy these days and have made plans Me going here and there without definite plans She teaches economics, me … Read more
Not much done on Pre-Disaster Management in India. Had we learnt from foreign countries on how to tackle disaster, the massive destruction in Uttarakhand could have been reduced considerable. We have not done much work on Pre-Disaster Management as done in many foreign countries. विदेशों से सीखते तो नहीं होती यह तबाही कात्यायनी उप्रेती बादल फटना… … Read more
The census of 2001 has once again brought into focus the issue of Gender equity in India. The problem that has come into sharp notice is the girl child and their declining numbers. While the alarm bells were ringing for some of the relatively prosperous states such as Punjab and Haryana, the other northern states … Read more
My Granny was a very religious person. However, ever since my Childhood I had my reservations in the ways she practiced religion. Of course she was a great Granny to me but certain things did disturb my innocent and immature mind when I was with her during my holidays. I always found it very strange … Read more
On the 50th year of the Indo-Chinese conflict, the news papers were full of articles, reports, and interviews related to the background to the conflict. I recollected my reading of Himalayan Blunders by Brigadier J P Dalvi, Untold story by Lt.General BM Kaul and Unfought War of 1962 by Colonel J R Saigal. Later I … Read more