As we mark October 13, 2025—the 117th anniversary of Otto Königsberger’s birth—it’s impossible not to feel a deep gratitude ...

Midlife isn’t a crisis for Gen X — it’s a circus act. We juggle parents, kids, careers, and credit cards, all while ...

Anyone who sincerely takes a bird’s-eye view of the areas around Jorabat (Meghalaya, India) cannot help but feel a deep sense ...

Pierre Jeanneret, the Swiss-born French architect whose name is synonymous with the modernist transformation of Chandigarh, ...

Most of us seek wisdom by reading tomes by wise men and Shashi Tharoor, but once in a while, going through a book ...

When I lived in an independent house in a small city like Shimla in the 70s, festivals often passed quietly. Navratri, for ...

Shattered chunks of fallen concrete, near my residence on the Forest Hill Road, Shimla, made me look into the bits of ‘ifs and buts’. Last year, it happened at MLA Crossing, where concrete is now made ...

We are, without question, passengers on a vessel steered by “forces” we cannot foresee. When the news came that Zubeen Garg ...

I 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 a problem for me because these days the pilot is usually busy having ...

The very mention of Kangra Valley evokes a sense of deep reverence, for this enchanting land is not only celebrated for its breathtaking landscapes but also sanctified by the blessings of the Shakti ...

We live in strange times indeed where the rules of logic are turned on their head everyday with every new executive diktat or court ruling. The latest is this new epidemic of “privacy”- one sided, of ...