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Uttarakhand owes a lot to its Shilpkar community. The community has historically been a large portion of our builders, weavers, metal workers, artisans, folk artists…

Articles Religion Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand’s takeover of Hindu Temples is unjustified and against Dharma

Pawan 8th November 2020 No Comments

The Bhartiya Janta Party always claims to be working for Hindutva and issues related to Hindu Samaj. One of the burning issues, or rather one…

Articles Politics Uttarakhand

Judgment calling for FIR against Uttarakhand CM is a travesty of justice

Pawan 7th November 2020 No Comments

Recently, a judgment by High Court of Uttarakhand caused much political storm in the state. Hearing a bunch of petitions by a ‘journalist’, Umesh Sharma,…

Articles Environment Uttarakhand

Child lifting leopard shot dead in Chamoli : are environmentalists wrong?

Pawan 12th July 2020 No Comments

Big cats have always been part of Uttarakhand’s consciousness. In ‘Leopard of Rudraprayag‘ and ‘Man-eaters of Kumaon‘ written by Jim Corbett, we encounter tigers and…

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Industries in Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand in 20 years #2

Pawan 30th May 2020 2 Comments

This article discusses industries in Uttarakhand in last 20 years and the road ahead. This article is second in a series of around 20 articles,…

Articles Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand girl’s death by snakebite in quarantine center should trouble us

Pawan 26th May 2020 No Comments uttarakhand snakebite death

Guilt? Helplessness? Rage? What does a parent feel when her child dies in front of her? As a parent, I hope and pray I never…

Articles Politics Politics Uttarakhand

Modi Chalisa : height of sycophancy?

Pawan 24th May 2020 No Comments Modi chalisa uttarakhand politics

Yesterday, an MLA and a Cabinet Minister in Uttarakhand launched ‘Modi Chalisa’/’Modi Arti’, a poem in praise of Modi. Written by a person rather lacking…