Nestled in the Himalayas next to the country’s border with Tibet, Chhitkul is at India’s very skirt-edge. It is pristine, beautiful and still in...

History shows us the heterogeneous ways in which humankind reacts to pain. While some get resigned and depressed, others can turn downright dangerous

The week gone by has churned up all kinds of twists and turns, nationally and internationally. In the process, we have learnt to cope with chaos and...

Just like that river, I have been running ever since. This classic song nicely sums up today’s crisis, as we all scamper—to earn, escape or quite...

Not really, but I am at times. I talk myself out of what most of the mainstream media is alluding to, cursing, cussing and yelling about. This will...

There are things that get my goat and things that don’t. For instance, a recent interview of ex-US President Barack Obama was quite a peach, an...

The last few months have been refreshing as we bid adieu to a scourge called COVID-19. But there is need for caution, for other evils are gnashing...

The last two weeks have been lovely for me, which led me to wonder how the rest of the Earthlings were doing. Sadly, 43 per cent of the globe is...

After a blessed 2014, Year 2023 has turned out to be very kind for North India in terms of heat waves. I can only wonder—is this cause for cheer or...

It is easy to believe we are supreme, till we are finally brought to our knees by forces that are more powerful than us. It took a 99-year paati to...

Thankfully, it is a variegated mix of people that one encounters when you go to the hills. A few are hurly-burly, others curvy-scurvy... Some balance...

Temporary is the new buzzword, it appears, as world leaders and people alike prepare only for the immediate tomorrow, leaving the actual future...