The Chandigarh of Nehru and Corbusier has almost become a curiosity for a stream of visitors from the West who continue to see him as a...

As the Shatabdi wended its way south, we passed a continuous landscape of dusty fields with dispirited men and cattle, all wandering in...

For Outlook | June 1, 2009 The fleeting Indian spring is gone and summer is upon us. But the trees continue to offer surprises every day....

For Outlook | December 1, 2008 These days I once again have the temporary use of a Lutyens bungalow. As we did when we lived on Akbar...

Republic Day was always long on ceremony, now it's short on grace too For Outlook | February 16, 2008 I saw the Republic Day parade for...

For Outlook | September 3, 2007 Pre-1966, the Beas-Kangra valley was part of the Punjab. My early service was spent in that beautiful...

For Outlook | April 30, 2007 I first went to Kathmandu when I was CEC many years ago. It was a world congress on mountaineering and...

Lutyens' Delhi is under siege and no one cares. It's an unholy coup d'etat. For Outlook | July 3, 2006 I have lived for many years in...

Tigers roamed here once. Now, it's a jungle of caterwauling tourists. For Outlook | February 27, 2006 Ranthambhor and its tigers were...

For Outlook | May 12, 2003 Recently, I had the chance of an extensive tour of Saurashtra. Raj Kumar College in Rajkot, set up in 1870 as...

Free India's mantris and santris have lived amid abundant greenery. But they haven't ever planted a single tree. For Outlook | February...

Former CEC M.S. Gill on an English summer, lazy flashbacks ... and lots of cricket For Outlook | September 3, 2001 Sitting in the garden...

IN LIGHTER VEIN BY M.S. GILL For The Tribune | February 25, 1986 If you are up at Cambridge you want to go somewhere for the vacation....

For The Tribune | March 21, 1981 In the summer of 1967, my wife and I went for a visit to Lahaul. We thought those high remote valleys,...

For The Tribune | March 6, 1981 It was a wet winter evening in Cambridge. The rain dripped gently on the college lawns. The fog, as T.S....

Published on November 23, 1980 Falling administrative standards continue to cause concern among the public. Efforts have been made from...

Published on November 9, 1980 In the course of my official duties I once had occasion to meet a deputation of unregistered medical...

For The Tribune | November 7, 1980 QUEEN VICTORIA'S MAHARAJA – DULEEP SINGH, 1838-93, by Michael Alexander and Sushila Anand. Vikas, New...

Published on July 18, 1980 The Orient Express was made famous by Agatha Christie. In the days of the raj the most romantic train on the...

For The Hindustan Times Magazine | July 13, 1980 The qualities claimed for the former Indian Civil Service – the rule of law, a sense...