Category: Views
Poltu da drowns in his Himachali cap , VB dozed !
Shimla : While honouring President Pranab Mukherjee at the golden jubilee celebrations of the Himachal Pradesh assembly in Shimla on Friday there were some faux paus committed . We all […]
Charulata , Ray’s masterpiece : Review
High Bengali culture , poetry , fiction , love , betrayal and guilt are the themes running in this Satyajit Ray classic(1964) film based on Tagore’s novel . Ray had […]
Venice in the eyes of Jan Morris : Review
It took me long to lay hands on a copy of this classic book on Venice by Jan Morris . The reputation of the book (written in 1960) has been […]
India’s unbearable tv news channels
Millions like me are absolutely fed up with India’s 24/7 news channels . Why on earth are they shouting and shrieking all the time into the peace of our homes […]
Manna Dey – Many Moods—Hardly ! Review
Among all great playback singers of the golden era 94 year old Manna Dey was perhaps the best trained in classical music. Though highly accomplished he was also modest , […]
Immortal duo Asha Bhosle & O P Nayyar : Review
Eccentric , enigmatic , moody , blunt , stylish and above all a highly gifted music composer from the golden era of hindi cinema O P Nayyar perhaps composed his […]
Shimla MC fails again , maybe no tarring of roads !
Shimla : Looks like the lazy and inefficient municipal corporation has bungled again and most roads in this Himachal Pradesh capital may remain untarred again . Despite inviting tenders for […]
Believe it or not : Shimla MC to build 60 shops on sinking Ridge !
Shimla : Have you heard the latest joke in town , the municipal corporation has given its nod to build a three storeyed shopping complex housing sixty shops below the […]
Welcome to New Shimla , entry with perennial potholes !
Shimla : Why is the New Shimla entrance road between the NJPC office and the SBI branch always full of potholes. These evergreen potholes have now become a trademark of […]
80 per cent Shimla earthquake unsafe
Shimla : Haphazard and unplanned construction of buildings in Shimla has made Shimla 80 per cent unsafe in case of a major earthquake hits the hill station. According to the […]