Rajiv K. Phull In our endeavour to honour different personalities of the state and salute their devotion in their respective fields of specialisation, Himachal This Week had carried achievements of Himachali producer and director Ajay Saklani whose film ‘Saanjh’ in Himachali language has won two awards in global competitions. Hailing from Sihan village near Dharampur

Himachali Leaders On Social Media Challenges are apparent as social media has also caught the attention of Himachali leaders. Now, more politicians are active on this medium. It also reflects leaders’ aspiration to directly connect with Himachali electorate. At the same time, there is also a clash of egos as evident from the hatred vocabulary

Citation: Octogenarian Jai Kumar Sharma of Bilaspur was dedicated to the field of journalism since his early days. He treated it as a medium to serve the people for welfare of the society. Jai Kumar Sharma has worked with various newspapers, both in Hindi and English, during his journalistic career spanning over six decades. He

Prof N.K. Singh Former Chairman International Airports Authority of India There is enough debate on how to ensure independence of the institutions. Normally the separation of power between Legilature executive and judiciary is considered a strong constitutional road to independence. But every institution whether constitutional or otherwise does need to perform with independence and transparency.

Jagdish Bali (The writer is based at Kumarsain, Shimla) Once one of my friends, Munshi Sharma and I were having arguments on certain issue. I was firm on my view and he was firm on his. Being wise and intelligent, Munshi suddenly said, “Let’s agree to disagree.” The voluble situation turned into a quiet one.

यौगिक परंपरा में शिव को भगवान की तरह नहीं देखा जाता। वह एक ऐसे प्राणी थे, जिनके चरण इस धरती पर पड़े और जो हिमालय क्षेत्र में रहे। यौगिक परंपराओं के स्रोत के रूप में, मानव चेतना के विकास में उनका योगदान इतना जबरदस्त है कि उसे अनदेखा नहीं किया जा सकता। हजारों साल पहले,

कुल्लू के नागारा में 126 किलो खेप संग धरा गया था एक विदेशी कुल्लू— जिला कुल्लू की ऊझी घाटी के नागारा डोगरू गांव नग्गर में पकड़े गए विदेशी के कब्जे से नशीले पदार्थ के मामले में कुल्लू पुलिस ने एसआईटी का गठन किया है। एसआईटी की कमान डीएसपी मनाली पुनीत रघु को सौंपी गई है,

Bhupinder Singh (The writer is a national athletics coach) The climate of Himachal Pradesh is perfect for sports training, but stark opposite to that the level of sports is quite low here. However, rare successes could be witnessed at national level due to individual efforts or because of sports hostel functioning in the state. Himachal

Budget Dampens Himachal’s Hopes This is regarding Himachal This Week’s cover story of February 4, 2017, “Budget Dampens Himachal’s Hopes”. The Union Budget had nothing in specific for this hilly state that has been raising its concern before the Centre  since long. It has become a ritual that leaders of the party ruling in Centre

Kuldeep Nayar (The writer is a veteran Indian journalist, author and noted columnist.) It’s sheer racialism. Four British nationals of Pakistan origin committed a crime of sexual exploitation and were sentenced to imprisonment. But the judge McClosky, in his own wisdom, said that after serving the sentence they should be sent back to country of