By: Ravinder Sharma*
Hindu religion glorifies the mother through devotional songs addressed to goddess Parvati, the mother of the universe, seeking her blessings. Why then her human equivalents are not accorded the same respect and care - especially the tiny...
By: D D Sharma
Shimla: Public Relation Society of India, Shimla Chapter, has received the first prize for its best achievement and performance in the year 2007. This was disclosed by B D Sharma, Chairman of the Shimla Chapter, who...
By: Satyakam Bharti
Kullu: When fire consumed about 100 houses in Mohani village of Kullu district sometime back, the tears of homeless people shivering in the cold almost went unnoticed, had it not been for the then chief minister's emotionally...
By: Gautami Srivastava*
Shimla: Kinkari Devi (75), the bare footed, illiterate environmentalist has passed away. She spent her whole life in conserving the environment of the Himalayan region in Himachal Pradesh and fighting with mining mafia to protect the environment...
By: V Dogra
“Aur phir kisko jitaa rahe ho?” – This was the question, which everyone was asking till yesterday. “Aur phir jitaa diya?” – This is what anyone - a friend or an acquaintance who met me on...
HimVani
Shimla: It was a moment of great pleasure for the unsung special champs when they were honoured in an impressive function organised by the Himachal Pradesh Chapter of Society for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies (SDRS) on December 2, 2007...
HimVani
Shimla: While political parties are playing the blame game regarding providing asylum to controversial Bangladeshi feminist writer Taslima Nasreen, the writer community in Himachal Pradesh has come forward to offer her a home.
Noted Himachali writer SR Harnot on Thursday...
By: Vipasha
Shimla: Society for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies (SDRS), Himachal Pradesh Chapter, on the eve of World Disability Day, will honour sixty disabled children for their special achievements in different fields.The function will be held on December 2, 2007...
By Dr. DALIP GOSAIN
The Muslim tribal Gujjars of Himachal Pradesh exhibit varied ways of ‘Lifestyle’ viz pastoral, semi-nomadic and settled centering around dairy farming. They remained isolated from the mainstream of society, maintaining their own traditional cultural identity, but...
HimVani
Shimla: The biggest challenge for HimVani, Himachal Pradesh's first and only grassroots journalism effort is to reach out to the villages, which do not have access to internet, HimVani's one of the founder's Surender Kumar Dhalieta, said in...