By: Tikender Panwar It happened in a village called Himsu, there lived a blacksmith name ‘Baru’. He was quite hardworking and, when he had no work he used to work on the fields of other villagers. Himsu village comprised a...
Ajay Saklani reminisces his schooling as a child in a Himachal village. But the apparent nostalgia also oozes his dissatisfaction with why six-year old kids like him had to walk six kilometers, on paths where even mountain goats would hesitate to trudge, to a school where education was never a priority...
HimVani Shimla: Veteran journalist and director of India Media Centre, New Delhi, Shyam Khosla, has stressed the need to form a strong Media Council of India as the existing Press Council of India has lost its relevance in the changed...
HimVani Dharamsala: The Union home ministry has asked the Tibetans government to carry out census of its citizens staying in India. Besides, the Himachal Pradesh police has sought a report on Tibetans staying in Dharamsala without registration. Keeping in view...
By: Ravinder Vasudeva Dharamshala: In a significant development, income tax officials have been raiding Tibetan settlements in Kangra district for the last few days after they got leads about a number of benami land deals being carried out in the...
हेमंत शर्मा शिमला: हिमाचल प्रदेश विश्वविद्यालय में केंद्रीय छात्र संगठन ने गुरूवार को मार्च टू राजभवन किया तथा 30 सूत्रीय मांग पत्र राज्यपाल प्रभा राव को सौंपा। इस दौरान एससीए अध्यक्षा शिखा चौहान, सचिव वीरेंद्र, सह सचिव सुरेंद्र तथा पूर्व...
HimVani Dharamsala: The Tibetan government-in-exile would hold its second population census on April 12. The first such census was held in 1998. The census will be done to catagorise Tibetan refugees living in India on the basis of age, sex,...
By : Sanjeev Verma The Himachali voice got some national recognition during singing talent hunt contests with couple of local boys making it to the final stages, but there has been one guy who has consistently kept voice from...
Himvani SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh’s first wireless Community Radio was today launched in Solan, district. Chief Secretary of government of Himachal Pradesh Asha Swaroop inaugurated the community radio at M.S. Panwar Institute of Communication and Management (MSPICM), Solan. The radio MSPICM...
By: Priya Das* What started out as public misbehaviour with women has now become a larger debate on cultural corruption of Indian society by pubs. This debate completely ignores the primary issue – the moral policing of women by the...