Lohri 2009

Lohri, one of the most popular festival of Punjab is being celebrated today. It is basically a post harvest festival wherin people after a hard day’s work in the field gather together in the evening over a bonfire and enjoy each other’s company singing songs and shaking a leg. However, it also marks the end [...]

Rose Festival 2008

The annual extravaganza, heralding the onset of spring “Rose Festival” was kicked off with great fanfare by the Governor at the Rose Gardens today. Although I love the general atmosphere and eagerly wait its arrival every year, somehow, it seem a little monotonous – a routine of what has been happenning every year, even the [...]