by Shimla Walks | May 18, 2019 | Himalayan Trips, HIstory, Uncategorized
‘Taking everything into consideration we may, therefore, decide that when the Blaini roup was being deposited, the spot now occupied by Simla was a sea on whose surface icebergs floated, melted and dropped the stone which they carried on their surface, or imbedded in...
by Shimla Walks | Jan 5, 2019 | Himalayan Trips, HIstory, Nature Walks, News and Deals, Shimla with Sumit, Stories, The Life in the Hills, The Life in the Hills, Uncategorized
That reminded me of the famous dialogue of a Bollywood movie, ‘Main Fenkey Huye Paise Nahi Uthata’ OR ‘If you want to make my payment place the money in my hand’. But here in this village, it does not work. They forbid touching me and the shopkeeper in the village...
by Shimla Walks | Jul 24, 2018 | General News, Himalayan Trips, HIstory, News and Deals, Uncategorized
In 1870 Mr. W. H. Carey mentioned in his Simla Guide that Simla drives its name from a house called ‘Shyamelay,’ built by a fakir – a sage, on the slopes of Jakhoo hill. The hills people also pronounced it probably as ‘Shimlah,’ or ‘Shumlah’ Originally, the village...
by Shimla Walks | Apr 4, 2017 | Himalayan Trips, Nature Walks, Uncategorized
I walked from The Mall to the bus station to catch bus to my house, but there I came to know that the bus was to move after half an hour. I decided to walk. This is the beginning of March and here in Shimla it is raining. People were walking with open umbrellas in...
by Shimla Walks | Oct 10, 2016 | Himalayan Trips, HIstory, Photography Walks, Uncategorized
The wind blows and the Buddhist prayer flags, tied across the Leh bazaar, flutter. As the day advances, the women from the surrounding villages start arriving and occupy the place along the pedestrian’s pathway to sell their vegetables. The descendants of the...
by Shimla Walks | Aug 28, 2015 | Himalayan Trips, Nature Walks
There was a time when Naddi village had no road connection to the world outside. Today is one of the busiest villages around Dharamsala. The village is located 12 kilometres from Macleodganj and is connected through a tarmac road. It bifurcates from Macleodganj...
