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The Parbati is the best known and biggest of the four GHNP rivers, meeting the Beas at Bhunter, just below Kullu. It is the only one that does not originate from a glacier- its womb is the huge, forbidding Mantalai lake at 14000 feet, at the foot of the Pin Parbat pass which divides the […]

Animals have always featured prominently in Indian culture and mythology, and have added immensely to their richness and mystique. Garuda is the loyal friend of Vishnu, the peacock is the vehicle for Kartikeya, the lion is Durga mata’s fearless steed, the elegant swan is the vehicle of Brahma and Saraswati, the snake adorns Shiva’s neck

If you’ve been a keen observer of public discourse in India, as I have been for some years now, you are probably immune to the bizarre and outlandish statements made by the worthies holding public office. Like the Scowling Sherpa’s revelation that “there is too much democracy” in India, or a Minister in Davos claiming

There’s something other-worldly about the body. It is like a fantastical building which, after being attacked and cracked by the elements of nature, works very hard to try to patch itself up. On being hurt, the body heals – at least, that is so if the damage isn’t so extensive as to result in death.

In my blog last fortnight (World Leaders and War Criminals) I had opined that what Israel and the USA were doing in tandem in Gaza was a war crime. Since then the criminality has only intensified and two thousand more innocent Palestinians have been murdered, with the world-global north, south and middle- either remaining silent

Dear Friends, thanks for doing me the honour of asking me to speak to you today. Whenever I’m asked to do something like this, something I’ve not done before, I always feel a stab of fear and my shadow-self tells me that I’m not qualified to do it. Whether it’s to be the trustee of

As modern day war criminals go, you could be forgiven for thinking that it would be difficult to beat the Netanyahu- Biden duo. The former has initiated a genocide in Gaza and the latter has been giving him all diplomatic and military covering fire to get the job over quickly. Six thousand civilians dead in

In a previous article, I wrote that the healing process is a partnership. Healing usually seems to automatically spring forth from inside of us – at least, as long as we are in vigorous health. However, at the same time, we have the capacity to assist the healing process by distancing ourselves from what harms

The current flavour of the season is Census, not to be confused with Consensus, which is a con job on a census, as witnessed recently in the DD (Delhi Declaration) of the G-20. A census is basically a count, and the DD was a count of those nations who resolved to do nothing on any