Category: Views
E M Forster country – Where Angels fear to tread : Review
It reminds you of that other EM Forster novel and film , A Passage to India and its themes——- the stiff upper lip British culture ,clash of civilisations and class […]
Beware the Rs 5000 Shimla traffic police challan!
Shimla traffic police seems possessed these days . Day after day the only mission of the entire traffic force seems challan everyone in the hill station . Spare none in […]
Goa gets high-end tourists , Himachal only riff-raff
Shimla : Will Himachal Pradesh learn from tiny Goa on ways to attract high-end foreign and domestic tourists , or remain happy with mostly low-end tourists . Even though the […]
Rajya Sabha TV—India’s best
Believe it or not there are no commercial advertisements here , no shouting and screaming no sensationalisation like most private news channels in India . This is Rajya Sabha television […]
Where are the dashing Shimla mall road cops !
Shimla : Is it the end of the decades long tradition of elegant policemen walking at the centre of the mall road and adding a touch of style and aplomb […]
Is it end of the dry Himachal summer spell 2013 !
Shimla : Even though the monsoon is still far away is this the end of the dry summer in the hills of Himachal Pradesh Tuesday . Is the current wet […]
Pagla Kahin Ka : Shammi Kapoor : Review
Shammi Kapoor ruled the 1960s and his reign was drawing to a close with the release of Pagla Kahin Ka in 1970 . And he went out and rode into […]
Shimla summer festival : an annual punishment !
Shimla : The Shimla summer festival is not only very loud and boring but also outdated . The almost week long festival lost its relevance at least ten years ago […]
Mandi Lok Sabha poll ——in poll weary Himachal !
Shimla : As if we didn’t have enough of the election commission’s model code of conduct in the recent Himachal Pradesh assembly elections which lasted for a record a quarter […]
Saudagar , Amitabh at his off beat best : Review
There is no doubt that Amitabh Bachchan’s finest work was in the 1970s . People rave about Zanjeer , Deewar , Kabhie Kabhie , Sholay and Trishul among others but […]