Whenever and wherever we discussed the charms of the valley during our recent visit to Kashmir a new name kept cropping up. Everyone...

In September 1962, Spiti burst upon the national scene with a tragic drama, involving over 2,000 people – men and women engaged in the...

I like going to the Himalayas. The love affair started in 1961, when I trained at the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling,...

For Outlook | July 12, 2010 Over The Ridge In mid-19th century, Capt Charles Kennedy rode up to the deodar-covered Shimla Ridge from the...

For Outlook | September 29, 2008 My love affair with the Himalayas started in 1961 when I trained at the Himalayan Mountaineering...

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...

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,...

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

Published on October 26, 1980 Many years ago I was posted as Deputy Commissioner of Lahaul-Spiti. I fell in love with these inner...

For The Tribune | September 24, 1979 Kee, Tabo, and Dankhar are among the important Buddhist monasteries, locally known as Gompas, which...

While M. S. Gill writes of the hazards of life in this Himachal area, struck by a disastrous avalanche recently, in the article below Mr...

For The Sunday Tribune | October 16, 1977 In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran...

For The Sunday Tribune | July 1, 1973 Republished in The Statesmen Magazine | August 12, 1973 Darjeeling has always been associated...

HAIR RAISING STORIES FROM LAHAUL For The Tribune | September 10, 1972 The following are extracts from MANOHAR SINGH GILL'S forthcoming...

For The Tribune | September 3, 1972 It is not often that one is invited to travel with a Judge. I never dreamt of doing so, till one...

For The Tribune Pompeii evokes memories of Imperial Rome; Istanbul of the Caliphs and Pashas who are no more. Where is one to find the...

Even while sitting on the door-step of the most magnificent mountains in the world we all but ignore them. Simla in the summer is the sum...

Published on February 16, 1964 We were a party of eight,­ Tshering Dorje, Rana, two peons, three dak·runner and I. On the first day we...

For The Illustrated Weekly of India | July 30, 1961 A BAND of enterprising young men have been the toast of the country these past few...