HIM VANI
The International Conference of Grandmothers starts in McLeodganj, Dharamshala on October 14. To be hosted at Hotel Surya, seven different chapters of International Grandmothers’ Councils are participating in the conference. Around 132 participants would be deliberating on topics as wide as global peace and universal brotherhood during the meet.

HIM VANI

The Kullu Dussehra had been in news for all the wrong reasons this year. In fact, it has just shown what the clash of civilisations can actually mean. The turmoil that plagued festivities at the Dhalpur ground this year is something the Gods present there certainly might never have planned. And it might have [...]

Website to unite Himachalis for progress
HT Correspondent
Shimla. October 2
HIMACHALIS NOW have something to cheer about. A new website ‘himvani.com’ has come out with an aim to join all Himachalis throughout the world.

Dr SAROJ THAKUR, an eminent professor of communications from National Institute of Technology (formerly, Regional College of Engineering), Hamirpur, represented Him Vani at the Utsav India 2006 seminar on differently-abled children, held in Shimla on October 1, 2006. Following are the excerpts from her presentation.
The word “Disabled”, in itself, seems daunting enough to upset anyone. [...]

By: VIVIDHADITYA
Did my lady ever
Kiss thee
O! Rhododendron?
That flowers thine
Bloom sweet nectar red.
- Vividhaditya

As the cold March out, and March in the flowers, woken from hibernation – red bloom the Himalayas with the cosmic Buraas.
Is it a bride decked in red or are these the – Juuini raa aahoo? Back in time, and in their prime, [...]

By: D S PATHANIA
First of all the entire fleet of HRTC buses needs to be made defunct because these are not buses but boxes fixed to the chasis of a truck. We Indians have been travelling in these for decades. Since roads in Himachal are not wide, HRTC should select medium size buses with luggage [...]

By: SUBHASH MENDHAPURKAR
Rahul has raised certain questions without understanding the nature and content of a sector. This sector popularly known as NGO - actually this name was given by World Bank and why people opposing policies and programs of WB accept this is a mystery to me - is a sector with variety of people [...]

By: RAHUL SAXENA
The HP Societies Registration Bill has been passed by the Vidhan Sabha last month during the monsoon session without much of an opposing noise. This points to the fact that most politicians, cutting across party lines, want the NGOs to be reigned in. This is also indicative of the manner in which the [...]

By: SAROJ THAKUR
The belief and the relief (Pic copyright: Saroj Thakur)
Just 5 kms. away from Baijnath, another temple attracts the devotees because of its timeless appeal–Maha Kaal—The abode of the mighty Shiva, the lord of the Destruction! This is the feeling that comes to mind when one thinks of the temple of Shiva at Maha [...]

Global Himachalis seek to impact govt policies online
HEM LATA VERMA
SHIMLA, OCTOBER 2, Monday, 2006, Indian Express
IN a first of its kind initiative, Himavani.com — a website that has over 400 Himachalis worldwide as its lifeline — has set out with an intention to influence the government’s policies in Himachal Pradesh so that their implementation has [...]