Siddharth Pandey

@shimlasiddharth

Writer, academic, photographer-curator & musician from the Himachal Himalayas, India. Instagram@shimlasiddharthpandey

Shimla, Delhi-NCR

Joined May 2025

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Siddharth Pandey@shimlasiddharth · Jul 22

Pleased to have my latest academic publication in this first ever handbook on globalisation and 'dis:connectivity', the latter being a term espoused and engendered by the Käte Hamburger Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at Munich, where I have been a fellow. A…

shimlasiddharth's tweet image. Pleased to have my latest academic publication in this first ever handbook on globalisation and 'dis:connectivity', the latter being a term espoused and engendered by the Käte Hamburger Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at Munich, where I have been a fellow.

A…

Siddharth Pandey@shimlasiddharth · Jul 18

"If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace." - Gaston Bachelard. Shimla houses.

shimlasiddharth's tweet image. "If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace."

- Gaston Bachelard.

Shimla houses.

Siddharth Pandey@shimlasiddharth · Jul 1

As mist finds its way along the crests and troughs of Shimla hills. June 2025, #Shimla #HimachalPradesh #misty #mountains

shimlasiddharth's tweet image. As mist finds its way along the crests and troughs of Shimla hills.

June 2025, #Shimla #HimachalPradesh #misty #mountains

Siddharth Pandey@shimlasiddharth · Jun 18

A favourite S(h)imla building, in the ongoing hydrangea season. The Punjab Circuit House, also known as Cedar House, opposite the official home of Himachal's CM, Oakover. In Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Black' (2005), this features as the lovely 'Windsong' cottage. #Shimla…

shimlasiddharth's tweet image. A favourite S(h)imla building, in the ongoing hydrangea season.

The Punjab Circuit House, also known as Cedar House, opposite the official home of Himachal's CM, Oakover. In Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Black' (2005), this features as the lovely 'Windsong' cottage.

#Shimla…

Siddharth Pandey@shimlasiddharth · Jun 7

Hello! I am pleased to release my first music album for my Youtube channel ‘Flow’, in honour of my brilliant writer-friend Robert Macfarlane (@RobGMacfarlane ). The five tunes here have been floating and forming in my mind for quite a few years now, all anchored in my love for…

shimlasiddharth's tweet image. Hello! I am pleased to release my first music album for my Youtube channel ‘Flow’, in honour of my brilliant writer-friend Robert Macfarlane (@RobGMacfarlane ).

The five tunes here have been floating and forming in my mind for quite a few years now, all anchored in my love for…

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Siddharth Pandey@shimlasiddharth · May 30

A nun makes her way from Dharamkot to McLeodganj on a drizzly day, while the recently blossomed hydrangeas bear witness amidst old stone-walls & older cedar-verticals. Kangra Valley, Himachal.

shimlasiddharth's tweet image. A nun makes her way from Dharamkot to McLeodganj on a drizzly day, while the recently blossomed hydrangeas bear witness amidst old stone-walls &amp; older cedar-verticals.

Kangra Valley, Himachal.

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Siddharth Pandey@shimlasiddharth · May 29

Sarus, sarson (mustard), serenity ~ A late winter, early spring scene. Rait (maternal ancestral village), Kangra Valley, Himachal Pradesh. #himachal #sarus #mustard #foothills #kangravalley

shimlasiddharth's tweet image. Sarus, sarson (mustard), serenity ~

A late winter, early spring scene.

Rait (maternal ancestral village), Kangra Valley, Himachal Pradesh.

#himachal #sarus #mustard #foothills #kangravalley

Siddharth Pandey@shimlasiddharth · May 25

Spotting a hoopoe after many years, up in the foliaged-folds of the Kangra Valley, Himachal Pradesh. As earthly as a winged being can get, its zebraed body and coiffed crown boast of a confidence that is entirely its own. A creature that seems as much chiseled out of wood as…

shimlasiddharth's tweet image. Spotting a hoopoe after many years, up in the foliaged-folds of the Kangra Valley, Himachal Pradesh. As earthly as a winged being can get, its zebraed body and coiffed crown boast of a confidence that is entirely its own. A creature that seems as much chiseled out of wood as…

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Siddharth Pandey@shimlasiddharth · May 20

Delighted to have this 2700-word visual essay out: my first full-length prose piece in the genre of writing about nature and landscape, commissioned by the excellent people at the Geneva-based ‘Dark N Light’ platform. darknlight.com/projects/perso…

shimlasiddharth's tweet image. Delighted to have this 2700-word visual essay out: my first full-length prose piece in the genre of writing about nature and landscape, commissioned by the excellent people at the Geneva-based ‘Dark N Light’ platform.

darknlight.com/projects/perso…

Siddharth Pandey@shimlasiddharth · May 17

The Dhauladhar Himalayas, Rait (maternal ancestral village in the Kangra Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India).