The Hamlet

This year, the media has taken up the annual issue of forest fires, smoke and soot, death and destruction of flora and fauna, and what are we humans doing--from starting the fire ( by villagers cleari...

That is the one word which is used most often, by local hill people, to describe living in the hills. The knitters, the shopkeepers, the help, the taxi drivers, the people at the checkpoint...conversa...

Army postings in North India would mean living in large colonial houses with a well-maintained lawn and flower border at the end of the driveway, a set of crumbling servant quarters behind the house, ...

This photograph is all about the departure of winter and the entrance of summer. The fresh, ruby-red new leaves on the branches of the horse-chestnut tree has to be the best sight of the hills. They t...

At noon, on Sunday, while the Army folks practised their ear-splitting shooting skills, while we decided to have the correct Sunday winter lunch ( Hot Khichdi with Hot Ghee), our neighbour decided to ...

The winter full moon rises over the deodar and juniper hill. I can see it from my kitchen window, while I heat up dinner at the unearthly hour of 6 pm. (In the hills, we eat early and then settle down...

Winter bonus for the sturdy winter dwellers of the mountains. Big, juicy lemons stud the hill slopes and brighten corners of dwellings. The birds, monkeys and cattle stay far away from them and they ...

4 days have slinked past already...A day of travelling, unpacking and warming up the cold house. Two days of reminiscing about the wedding...and today has begun with Biskit wanting to see the stars an...

Has anyone visited this page? Has anyone wondered about my silence, or has the world just continued on its way? My pragmatic, practical self settles for the latter option and that is the way it is. ...

Once upon a time, from God Knows When, a queen size pillow was found in our little home, escorted by two plump, solid, huge king size pillows. I have no recollection of paying for them, nor can I rec...