r/HimachalPradesh

I preserved your tone and imagery, but tightened the flow slightly so it reads more like a powerful reflection than a rant.

I usually live inside my room. I work from home, spend most of my free time at home, and when I do go out, I mostly drive straight to wherever I need to be. Apart from the gym, I barely experience the city around me.

Maybe that’s why it shocks me every time I step outside.

I’ve always loved the idea of cities. But after consuming so much Western imagery and urban life online, reality outside feels jarring. I always liked believing Himachal was somehow different — cleaner, calmer, less depressing than the rest of the country.

But today I write this after four days without water because of a pipe leak nobody seems able to fix. I write this with no electricity because a mild storm happened somewhere nearby. Every hour I have to call again just to ask whether there’s any update.

And when I drive, I am either swerving to avoid a stray cow — too holy to be harmed, yet free to roam the roads and kill me — or some idiot driving on the wrong side.

The other day, some friends came to town, and we went for a drive along the lake — the only real tourist attraction here. What should have been beautifully developed into a space for leisure and pride is approached through roads filled with potholes of a kind you wouldn’t believe unless you saw them yourself. The lighting is barely adequate. The dust is relentless. The footpath — well, there barely is one, except for a small broken stretch awkwardly placed on the wrong side of the road.

And on both sides of the lake are slums so ugly and hopeless-looking that you just want to run back to your room, where things still feel somewhat hopeful. Slums growing and proliferating openly under the noses of the authorities.

And today I drove through villages in Bilaspur district and saw roads lined with garbage because people stop to feed monkeys using packets and bags, then simply throw them outside once the food is gone.

I genuinely do not understand how people are living like this. Is it our bankruptcy that has led to this state of our state? Is it simply Himachal being a part of India? How is everyone okay with it?

Are we truly just cockroaches?

Town: Sundernagar

Written via Chatgpt, because I am too angry to write respectfully.

The state government is running on a practically empty treasury. They invoked Article 309 last month to defer 30 percent of the salaries for top officers just to keep the lights on. HRTC drivers and conductors are practically on the streets begging for their basic salaries and pending night overtime. And ofc the Debt/GDP ratio is an all time high

Meanwhile, your local MLA is essentially a decoration now. For those of you who dont know, they used to be able to push 5 major priority projects a year, but now they are restricted to exactly 1 project per FY. Their local repair limits got slashed from 10 to 12 maintenance works down 4. They literally do not have the B udget or legal authority to fix the roads in your constituency even if they wanted to.

And for anyone thinking a BJP sweep will magically save us, look at what we got in b udget this FY. We gave the BJP all 4 Members of Parliament (All are absolute trash. I haven't seen anyone participate in parliament proceedings ever except for Kangana sometimes). In return, the Center abruptly cut our Revenue Deficit Grant and threw the state into a 10,000 crore black hole. While our actual highways and local infrastructure crumble, the 2026 Union b udget gave HP absolute peanuts like "walking trails" or sumshit.

So with Congress bankrupting the state and BJP completely abandoning us from the Center, who are you actually voting for in 2027? Who do you realistically think is going to win your constituency, and why? Are we just picking the lesser evil again, or is there any actual independent or new leadership stepping up?

I am late to this but why are there so many Israelis here? And is it just me, or does it feel like they are racist towards Indians?

There seems to be a growing trend across the country of couples choosing a DINK lifestyle and remaining childfree.

So out of curiosity, what are your thoughts on this lifestyle? Do you see it as a practical choice in today’s world or do you think having children is still an important part of marriage?

Also, if your partner wanted to follow this lifestyle would you be open to discussing/considering it (irrespective of gender)? And are there any childfree people on this sub? Would be interesting to hear your perspectives and experiences.