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Life on canvas
Two young and upcoming Tibetan artists showcase their sensitive perception of life around them
Kulwinder Sandhu
An exhibition of paintings by two young and upcoming Tibetan women was organised in the main museum of the Tibetan government-in-exile at McLeodganj last week. The occasion
was the World Refugee Day, showcasing their sensitive perception of life around them. |
— Photo by Shailesh Bhatnagar
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DELHI
in for long wait
Sheila Dixit’s hope of getting drinking water from the Giri
before the Commonwealth Games may not be fulfilled
S. R. Pundir
During her recent visit to Shimla, Delhi chief minister Sheila
Dixit had expressed hope that Delhi would get drinking water of the Giri
river from Renuka, well before the commencement of the Commonwealth Games
in 2010.
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vignettes
The Babus’ Citadel
by Shriniwas Joshi
One of the finest and imposing buildings in Shimla constructed with liberal use of iron and façade raised with Dharampur cut stones in cement is Ellerslie, the Himachal Pradesh Secretariat, which had completed its one hundred years in May 2002. Lt. Col. H.E.S. Abbott, R.E., had prepared its design in April 1899.
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shimla Diary
Queen of garbage?
Rakesh Lohumi
The scenic beauty of the ‘queen of hills’ has not only been marred by concrete structures, the green slopes are also being defaced by garbage. There is hardly any colony in the capital city where hill slopes had not been littered by garbage.
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A tale of timber woes
Timber stacked in Nurpur’s roadside depots gets spoilt
Rajiv Mahajan
The apathy of the Himachal Pradesh State Forest Corporation has resulted in the degradation of valuable timber. Stacked in roadside depots of the corporation at Bindravan and Jonta in the Nurpur sub division, this timber has to be shifted to the corporation’s sale timber depot at Nurpur for its auction.
— Photo by Rajiv Mahajan
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Girls empowered
Dharam Prakash Gupta
The unarmed police combat training provided by the police to young girls have not only trained them in
self-defence but also has gone a long way in building self-confidence in them.
The Hamirpur district police had started giving unarmed combat training to young girls in schools and colleges in 2002 and so far have trained 3,312 girls.
Devotional stopover
Jagmeet Y. Ghuman
This temple along Kalka-Shimla national highway is more than a place of worship. The Prachin Shiv Temple at Patta Ka Mour near Kumarhatti serves as a refreshing break point for hundreds of motorists who are on the way uphill. It sees a number of visitors everyday who pay their obeisance and also get chilled water from a natural source at the temple.
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