Highs of
Himachal

Himachal Pradesh, today, is one of the leading states in the country, when it comes to the literacy rate, per capita income, primary health, infant mortality rate, electrification, drinking water facility and banking coverage. Pratibha Chauhan looks at the giant strides in development made by this small and once-backward hill state

Taste of new locales
Amit Kumar Srivastava
GONE are the days when Indians used to find solace and relief visiting their native villages and enjoying their much earned summer or winter vacations with their families and relatives. The emergence of a nuclear family set-up coupled with a steep rise in the income have changed the way they enjoy their holidays.

Man of many letters
Though modern-day gazettes appear to have literally robbed Generation X of the joy of writing letters to their near and dear ones, Chandra Prakash Gandhi of Jaipur has been keeping the art of letter-writing alive. Chandra Prakash claims that he has scribbled over 58,000 letters in the past two decades.