An action plan for the beautification and development of the quaint town in Jharkhand is to be rolled out after an important state-level meeting on July 3.
Andrew Perkins has heard of the homeland dream, but he does not believe in it. He has his own dreams, but those are on hold ever since he began looking after the hill-top bungalow in McCluskieganj. For now, the house, full...
Unlike many in McCluskieganj, Nelson ‘Bobby’ Gordon says he would not carry the ‘nostalgia nonsense’ forever. For him, the future would not be a set of stories from the past.
Although I am a practising surgeon at Ranchi, I visit McCluskieganj every weekend to have my share of relaxation, despite an extremely busy schedule. Thanks to the beauty of the place that has attracted me beyond what words...
Catherine ‘Kitty’ Texeira remains the most photographed person appearing on the covers of books and in photographs in articles written about the McCluskieganj. She does not know where she could have gone from Gunj as...
The thin and wiry Majid Ansari, called Canteen Majid after the canteen he once worked at, is a storyteller of McCluskieganj. Not all his stories can be verified because there aren’t many who can remember.
Dennis Meredith returned to McCluskieganj after the death of his father. Everyone will tell you he doesn’t like to talk and dwells in the time gone by. In the Gunj, time is what you have.
A world within a world is running out of time. But the voices of McCluskieganj’s past continue to resonate within its ruins, even as development takes over.
Many believe that Shimla still hasn't lost its enviable charm and colonial touch as described by several historians, writers and travellers who arrive here to...
