Manohar Singh Gill: An Officer of the People
Outlook | July 12, 2010 Over The Ridge In mid-19th century, Capt Charles Kennedy rode up to the deodar-covered Shimla Ridge from the hot Ambala cantonment, liked what he saw and put down a Scottish loghouse. Others followed. And soon the High Ridge was dotted with houses named Peter Hoff, Ivanhoe, Dane’s Folly, Barnes Court,…
The Tribune | May 3, 1970 Pompeii evokes memories of Imperial Rome; Istanbul of the Caliphs and Pashas who are no more. Where is one to find the ghost of Imperial Britain? Some say in London. But like Vienna, the city is one vast museum of vanished history. It does not evoke memories of a…