I’ll miss the birds in my garden, but will they miss me? For Outlook | May 16, 2016 In life, there is a time to come, and a time to go. ...

For  The Sunday Tribune, Chandigarh | October 25, 2015 The foundation of the new Punjab capital, Chandigarh, was laid in 1952 by Prime...

For The Tribune, Chandigarh | September 19, 2015 Sitting in Zurich on the 50th Anniversary of Corbusier passing away, I read that the...

For The Sunday Tribune, Chandigarh | July 26, 2015 Chief Minister Ram Kishan of Punjab inspecting a Pak Army Patton captured intact in Pakistan's Sialkot sector. I joined the Punjab Cadre of the IAS in 1958. In August, 1965 with seven year service, I was appointed Deputy Commissioner of Ambala, the old British district which stretched, from the Sutlej at Bhakra, to the Yamuna on the border of the U.P. There was no Haryana in 1965. Pakistan had already initiated trouble in Ka

In August 1965, newly married and barely 30, I became Deputy Commissioner of the old British District of Ambala, which stretched from...

If only the Kashmir imbroglio would end, India, Pakistan, as well as the two Punjabs would see tremendous growth benefiting everyone. For...

For HT City Chandigarh | March 11, 2012 When I was a little boy in Tarn Taran, a doggerel known to every Punjabi was oft quoted: “The...

For The Tribune | February 17, 2012 Punjab lost Chandigarh in 1966. In 1968 Lachman Singh Gill became Chief Minister for a short while....

The sky is brassy, the trees, the birds and even the monkeys from Raisina Hill who regularly traipse through my garden, long for water to...

Rural Punjab retains its spirit and inventiveness; the Sutlej is another story For Outlook | June 27, 2011 At the end of May, I undertook...

On how the Sawhneys became big purveyors of fine spirits For Outlook | March 14, 2011 I went to school in St George's, Mussoorie. Some...

Dunhuang’s majestic Buddhist murals ought to be known better here For Outlook | November 22, 2010 Recently, I spent two days in Shanghai,...

For Outlook | July 12, 2010 Over The Ridge In mid-19th century, Capt Charles Kennedy rode up to the deodar-covered Shimla Ridge from the...

Let’s tackle it with a steady application of science, says Manohar Singh Gill For The Sunday Tribune, Chandigarh | May 23, 2010...

A people’s initiative for hockey with lessons to learn from For Outlook | May 17, 2010 This April, I had a chance to visit the Kodagu...

I am impressed with what Sujit Saraf, from IIT and Berkeley, has achieved in this book. For Outlook | March 13, 2010 Sultana Daku lived...

Bangladesh’s development story surprised me. The figures given by our embassy were impressive; a growth rate of 6.9 per cent and, what is...

When we went to the Shivpuri jungle in 1950, daaku Maan Singh was the great Robin Hood of India. He was a romantic figure... For Outlook...

The Chandigarh of Nehru and Corbusier has almost become a curiosity for a stream of visitors from the West who continue to see him as a...