Deep Joshi gets Ramon Magsaysay Award
Prominent Indian social activist Deep Joshi, who has done pioneering work for "development of rural communities", was today named along with five others for the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2009, considered as Asia’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize. Joshi is being recognised for "his vision and leadership in bringing professionalism to the NGO movement […]
A Unique Fair:Fighting with stone in modern Era
Situated in the Champawat district of Uttarakhand, Devidhura is famous for its Barahi temples. A very unusual fair, which attracts people from Kumaon, Nepal, and even other places, is held every year at the temple of Barahi Devi on Raksha Bandhan day. During this festival, known as Bagwal, two groups of dancing and singing people […]
Chandra Kunwar Bartwal : A Nature Lover Poet
चन्द्र कुंवर बर्त्वाल जी का जन्म चमोली जिले के ग्राम मालकोटी, पट्टी तल्ला नागपुर में 20 अगस्त, 1919 में हुआ था। प्रकृति के चितेरे कवि, हिमवंत पुत्र बर्त्वाल जी अपनी मात्र २८ साल की जीवन यात्रा में हिन्दी साहित्य की अपूर्व सेवा कर अनन्त यात्रा पर प्रस्थान कर गये, १९४७ में इनका आकस्मिक देहान्त हो […]