Author: Sonali

#HillView In state’s sacred valleys, faith remains strongest veto against unchecked progress; gods guide choices where policy falters IN Himachal’s Kullu valley, the future is not negotiated in government offices alone.…

What explains the world of Shiva lingering in plain sight at these temples dedicated to Krishna and Vishnu? In the early hours, as the valley’s hush is broken only by…

Rivers did the bulk of the hauling, until mafias, dwindling forest cover, and stricter rules squeezed out old hands and handed the reins to uncertainty and accusation

It’s a week where chaos and cosmic order break into a gleeful tango in the valley If Indian festivals were a reality show, Kullu Dasehra would be that legendary crossover…

Disasters have multiplied, forests thinned, and glaciers shrunk. At Jagatipat temple, Kullu’s ‘sacred parliament’ convenes when governance from elsewhere is inadequate. That time is here The road to Naggar is…

Once common sense has been colonised, no one needs spies or dossiers to win; they just need people in Karachi and Kanpur alike to keep buying tickets.

In this book, each city becomes an archive of memory and power, accessed through streets and riverfronts rather than state repositories

Amir Khusrau once wrote that if paradise ever descended to earth, it chose to do so in Kashmir. I first met that “paradise” not on a mountain slope but in…