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Friday, 6 February 2026

NOT JUST AQI, WHAT WE NEED IS A BSI ( BULLSHIT INDEX ).

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  ONE has always had the highest admiration and respect for Merryll Streep' s acting qualities, graceful beauty and composure. To these ...
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Sunday, 1 February 2026

WHATSAPP AND THE NEED FOR A DIGITAL DETOX .

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  If you ask me, this WhatsApp (WA) texting is getting quite out of hand. I'm no social spark, my social skills being on par with a gri...
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Friday, 23 January 2026

WOULD YOU LIKE THE GOOD NEWS FIRST OR THE BAD NEWS ?

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  I've been away from my village in Himachal for the last three months and am beginning to feel homesick; the remedy, Neerja tells me, i...
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Friday, 16 January 2026

EUROPE SHOULD REMEMBER THAT BEFORE GREENLAND THERE WAS - AND IS- A GAZA

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Folks who know me are aware that I am no diplomat; the only piece of diplomacy I know is that one should take a quick, and long, walk in the...
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Friday, 9 January 2026

THE LAST LAUGH.

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  The year 2025, vandalised by the likes of Trump, Netanyahu and Putin, is now thankfully history and I earnestly hope we see the backs of t...
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Sunday, 4 January 2026

THE ARAVALLIS---DEFINING AN ECO-SYSTEM WITH A TAPE MEASURE.

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  There are two ways to legally get a loan from a bank. One, apply for a loan with your credentials, balance sheet, profit and loss statemen...
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Saturday, 27 December 2025

HIMALAYAN BLUNDER- MURDER OF THE MOUNTAINS.

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CXYZEtctc This week on my blog I am posting a video/link to Mani Shankar Aiyar's podcast MANI KI BAAT SUMEET KE SAATH released yester...
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Avay Shukla
The author retired from the IAS in December 2010. A keen environmentalist and trekker he writes for various publications and websites on the environment, governance and social issues. He has published seven books: THE TRAILS LESS TRAVELLED (2015), THE SPECTER OF CHOOR DHAR (2019), POLYTICKS, DEMOCRAZY AND MUMBO-JUMB0 (2020), THE WASTED YEARS (2021), THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER'S DOG AND OTHER COLLEAGUES (2023), DISAPPEARING DEMOCRACY-DISMANTLING OF A NATION (2024) and the most recent one, HOLY COWS AND LOOSE CANNONS (2025).He divides his time between Delhi and his cottage in a small village above Shimla.
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