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Concrete Valleys
Read more here: Concrete ValleysOutlook | September 3, 2007 Pre-1966, the Beas-Kangra valley was part of the Punjab. My early service was spent in that beautiful valley. In 1961-62, I was deputy commissioner, Lahaul-Spiti, across the Rohtang Pass. My family and I have continued to visit Lahaul since then. Last week, I went after a decade and a half…
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Peaks Of Power
Read more here: Peaks Of PowerOutlook | April 30, 2007 I first went to Kathmandu when I was CEC many years ago. It was a world congress on mountaineering and tourism, Nepal’s main bread-earner. But I spent most of my time with the political establishment, the Election Commission of Nepal, and the late King Birendra. I can never forget the…
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Royalty in Flannels
Read more here: Royalty in FlannelsOutlook | May 12, 2003 Recently, I had the chance of an extensive tour of Saurashtra. Raj Kumar College in Rajkot, set up in 1870 as the first of the Prince’s colleges created by the British to educate future maharajas, invited me for their annual day. Jet Air left at 6.10 am sharp. The service…
