May 16Diaries from Home and the WorldOur Stars Twinkle in NigeriaSokoto is so far from Punjab, and yet it brings back little memories of that land. Like Punjab it is 1,000 miles from the sea. The Niger...
Sep 7, 2009Diaries from Home and the WorldShivpuri DiariesAs the Shatabdi wended its way south, we passed a continuous landscape of dusty fields with dispirited men and cattle, all wandering in...
Sep 29, 2008Mountains and MeadowsAn Ol' RangerFor Outlook | September 29, 2008 My love affair with the Himalayas started in 1961 when I trained at the Himalayan Mountaineering...
Sep 3, 2007Diaries from Home and the WorldConcrete ValleysFor Outlook | September 3, 2007 Pre-1966, the Beas-Kangra valley was part of the Punjab. My early service was spent in that beautiful...
Apr 30, 2007Diaries from Home and the WorldPeaks Of PowerFor Outlook | April 30, 2007 I first went to Kathmandu when I was CEC many years ago. It was a world congress on mountaineering and...
Feb 25, 1986Diaries from Home and the WorldEurope on 2 bottles of “achaar”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....
Jul 18, 1980Punjab and Punjabi DiasporaThe Real Punjab MailPublished 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...