by Shimla Walks | Sep 18, 2021 | Featured, General News, HIstory, News and Deals, Stories, The Life in the Hills, The Life in the Hills, Uncategorized
Multiplex That was my ever first experience going to a multiplex cinema hall. My friends had told me about multiplex but I had never been to one. Never found a chance. Also, I am not interested in modernism. I am happy with what I have. Till a few years ago I ever had...
by Shimla Walks | Sep 13, 2021 | Day Hikes, General News, Himalayan Trips, Nature Walks, News and Deals, Shimla with Sumit, Stories, Uncategorized
Every time I walk to some destination, the walk becomes A Walk to Remember. Walking is my passion. I have been a keen walker always. This pays me a lot. This keeps me healthy and fit. It is not that I cannot drive or I do not want to drive. I do love these features of...
by Shimla Walks | Apr 27, 2020 | Featured, Himalayan Trips, HIstory, Nature Walks, News and Deals, Uncategorized
In the crowd of Shimla, there was a man called William Henry Carey. He was one of the Brits who loved Shimla. They lived here and remained an essential part of the Shimla Society. They contributed in their way as per their capacity. Many of them made use of their...
by Shimla Walks | Apr 6, 2020 | General News, Himalayan Trips, HIstory, News and Deals, Stories, The Life in the Hills, Uncategorized
The British Government needed a transporter to move to the hills. The Gurkha British war had just come to an end in the Shimla hills and the Imperial Government had conceived an idea of setting up some army cantonments here. During that time a boy born in a village...
by Shimla Walks | Mar 30, 2020 | General News, Himalayan Trips, News and Deals, Uncategorized
At the moment the population of Shimla is nearing 400,000 people and gradually the town is turning into a small melting pot in the hills. Once a remotely located village that was away from the hustle of the world is today on World’s Tourist Map. Its journey from...
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...