Room on the roof Ruskin Bond tells a fascinating story of a young British officer who not only went on to raise the first Gurkha regiment, but also made the Doon valley his home, and introduced the potato for the first time in the Himalayas.
Strolling in the City of Time Hugh and Colleen Gantzer
take a trip to Ujjain, in Madhya Pradesh, which has been a hotseat of scholarship and pilgrimage
for four millennia.
Sri Lanka: truly a land like no other Sri Lankas famous Sita Temple boasts of 300-year-old Rama,
Sita and Hanuman idols. A river flows along the temple which
was apparently the bathing area
of Sita when she was a captive of Ravana, writes Shruti I L
of the amazing land of Lanka.
Sri Lanka’s famous Sita Temple boasts of 300-year-old Rama, Sita and Hanuman idols. A river flows along the temple which was apparently the bathing area of Sita when she was a captive of Ravana. Shruti I L
The term of A P J Abdul Kalam is coming to an end. Should India go in for a woman President? If so, who should be the first woman President?
Most of Deccan Herald readers are of the opinion that the idea of ‘Woman as President’ is as exciting as old wine in a new bottle. While some feel that the time is ripe, most are unanimous in their opinion that only a non-political nominee would fit the bill for the highest office in the country.
