India Narrative

Amidst raging fires, triggered by unusually prolonged dry spell and early rise of high temperature this year, there is a heart-warming story about rural  women trying to save the forest's wealth in their vicinity while authorities sleep over massive loss to the environment in Himachal Pradesh. The 23- old Raveena Chauhan at village Dodli has set an example, fighting the blaze for five hours and standing as a human wall not letting the fire engulf her house, apart from nearing the village. The video of Chauhan has already gone viral on social media showing her how she braved the raging fire at Chail forests risking her own life. “The fire has been going on for the past three days. I informed the forest department and even made calls at control room numbers. No one turned –up for 48 hours. One morning ,I noticed the fire approaching our village, my house too. I could not stop myself “ she told India Narrative. Noticing her struggle with the fire, the villagers also joined. The fire w

Wiped-out in the five states during recent polls, the Congress cannot hope for better days in Himachal Pradesh, slated to witness elections by the year's end. Having run -out of leadership in Himachal Pradesh, the Congress is seeing a hope in the legacy politics ahead of the polls. It precisely aims to encash the sympathy factor in favour of former Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh. Six-time Chief Minister, a Congress stalwart indeed, died last year at age of 87. On Tuesday, the Congress appointed his wife Pratibha Singh, a sitting MP as new state party president, apparently unable to find a potential second line leader to lead the congress to the poll, against the well-entrenched BJP or  counter AAP's buzz in the Shimla hills. The congress has also revamped the party organisational structure and appointed four working presidents for 'caste and regional balance'. A former PCC president Sukhwinder Singh, one of Chief Ministerial post aspirants has been made Chairman of the

Breaking the biggest political myth in twin states of UP and Uttarakhand, India’s ruling party-- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)  has romped home with a splendid victory in the just ended state assembly elections. What comes next is BJP’s ‘Mission Repeat’ in adjoining hill state of Himachal Pradesh ,which goes to the polls by this year's end, precisely November-December 2022 along with Gujarat –Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state. As Modi has already hit the ground running in Gujarat ,seen as a soft start to BJP’s election campaign ,Himachal Pradesh can’t wait anymore to miss the opportunity to cash dividends following its stellar performance ,admits a party strategist in Shimla. Just a day after the election results in five states – UP, Uttarakhand, Punjab , Goa and Manipur--BJP summoned state’s Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur to Delhi to discuss the party's ground strategy for the state . The focus was intense for as in UP, the party is determined to win a second term in off