Mhow Ki Khabrein... Blogposts from Mhow (MP); India

According to an article by Sabi Hussain in the Times of India dated Feb 28, 2018 Jitu Rai is using meditation, swimming and yoga to stay me...

Dec 21 2017 was the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Mahidpur (Third Anglo Maratha War) in which the Holkar Army led by their young king ...

The metre gauge line is functioning between Mhow and Sanawad. A small part of the long journeys it used to traverse till some years ago. On...

Wednesday April 26, 2017. When I left home at half past ten this morning the Purple Sunbird nest in our verandah had one young nestling in...

"Tuck's Post Card": A Chance Discovery on the Internet of Some Delightful Picture Post Cards on Mhow These 'Tuck...

Noisy fella... Feb 20, 2012:  I was indoors when the racket created by this Rufous Treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda) drew me out ...  It...

Lt Gen J F R Jacob’s Gentleman Cadet days at OTS Mhow.   Lt Gen AAK Niazi of Pakistan signing the instrument of surrender. Next to him is ...

Oct 2, 2015 Gandhi Jayanti Of Bapu and Books In 1981 when Richard Attenborough's epic film Gandhi was still in the making I purc...

 Oct 15, 2013: "Woh dekho upar kya hai?" Indian Roller looking up... From my archives

My friend Anuradha Shankar of Mumbai who is a well known travel writer writes on her experience of travelling on the Patalpani Kalakund Gha...

Independence Day, 15 August 2015 Location: Regal Square Indore. It was a solemn moment when  Mrs Tripta Thapar  mother of Kargil mart...

Military College of Telecommunication Engineering (MCTE) Mhow was born on Oct 1, 1946 as the Indian Signal Corps School. It was renamed th...

From my archives: A young couple at Roopmati's Pavilion. Mandu August 2007, Clicked with my Yashica MF-2 film camera...

The Patalpani Kalakund Ghat Section - a very beautiful stretch as one travels south from Mhow/Indore towards Khandwa. There are four tunne...

Tuesday, 23 Sept 2014 Posted a letter after ages... used this letter box kept outside the Cantonment Post Office Mhow....  Clicked...

                     Sept 14, 2014: The Gambhir as seen from the Khade Hanuman temple.T his is a small river which begins on the hill ...

Above: Home are the heroes... Shooters Jitu Rai and Gurpal Singh who won Gold and Silver respectively in the 50 m pistol event at th...

This was on 22 May 2014. There were three of them. They went up to our terrace and then vanished after a minute or two. The Langur who vi...

Naib Subedar Jitu Rai of Army Marksmanship Unit (AMU) of the Indian Army gave two back to back sterling performances at the ISSF World ...

Sunday 18 May 2014 My friend Ulloo the Spotted Owlet (Athene Brama) was very much there in the hollow of the Gul Mohur when I passed by o...