The Magic of ‘Rataul’

The Magic of ‘Rataul’

The Magic of ‘Rataul’ Circa 1874: Barden, an engineer engaged to supervise the construction of the Eastern Canal in the Baghpat region of Meerut, brought some plants of the Bambai variety from the Bombay Presidency (as Maharashtra was then known). These were grown by...
The ‘Orange Bowl’ of Manipur

The ‘Orange Bowl’ of Manipur

The ‘Orange Bowl’ of Manipur Ten years ago, around this time, this writer accompanied the Shaurya Chakra Awardee Col DPK Pillay, at his insistence, to the remote and beautiful district of Tamenglong of Manipur to study the potential of Citrus Reticulata Blanco...