It wouldn’t be too farfetched to call Shimla the official summer holiday destination of India. Like the Taj Mahal, every Indian family has ‘done’ Shimla. For decades, this former summer capital of the British has been the favourite hill station of the country, especially the middle class Indian who couldn’t afford a Europe or a Full Article…
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The Misty Mountains of Shyamala
Once upon a time in India, in the state of Himachal Pradesh, there was a sleepy forest glade called Shyamala. Then the British came, and over time, developed it into the official summer capital of the Raj. And like they did with a lot of other places in India, they renamed it Shimla. Today it’s Full Article…