After centuries of slavery, our freedom does not merely confer on us a cluster of rights, but a huge constellation of responsibilities.

Shimla,the Raj & Bharat: Raising the Indian tricolour at the Viceregal Lodge made me realise the true meaning of Bharat Parv

Re-naming cities is a futile exercise, fixing them should be the focus

Allahabad to Prayagraj, Shimla to Shyamala — are we missing the real point here?

Renaming cities is a futile exercise, fixing them should be the focus

Romance still rides the nine-fifteen.

Ruskin Bond on retracing the footsteps of Rudyard Kipling in the hills of India

[Book extract] Mussoorie does not really figure in the prose or poetry. The Simla Hills were his beat.

The heinous crime ​has ​spilled public anger on the roads and ​shaken the​ ​election-bound Himachal.

How gang rape and murder of a minor girl destroyed the sanctity of a beautiful Shimla hamlet

Ruskin Bond talks about the novels he loved as a young boy.

Ruskin Bond on the novels he loved most as a young boy

[Book Extract] My winter holidays lasted three months, and I spent most of my time reading, listening to the radio, or going for lonely bicycle rides.

Shimla

Murder of a boy has broken the idyllic spell of Shimla

Unauthorised construction and the VHP are also to blame.

Why Shimla can never be Shyamala

Since Gurgaon has made the transition to Gurugram, the VHP wants the capital of Himachal to get a new name.

Why other cities must follow Shimla's new ban on buying cars

By making it mandatory for a buyer to prove he has parking space for his vehicle, the order aims to unclog the city traffic.