Tag: Shimla Days
Longwood Days: A Homage To Memories & Nature — Sumit Raj
Sumit Raj—the writer, the poet, the shayar and the nature lover—in his own words summarises his brief foray into his writings, his work and...
Tourism Series VII — A Home in the Hills: Sumit Raj
Episode VII with Sumit Raj
Every European living in India wanted to have a home in the hills. But how to obtain land and how...
Tourism Series VI — Moving up to the Hills during the Raj: Sumit Raj
Episode VI with Sumit Raj
After 1822 when Captain Kennedy had set up the boundary of Shimla and people started coming to the hills, reaching...
Tourism Series V — First Permanent English House in the Hills: Sumit Raj
Episode V with Sumit Raj
Which was the first permanent English house in the hills built by a European? The British introduced the culture of...