For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven� So begins a Biblical passage. The last line: "�A time for war, and a time for peace." �The Cottage" - nestled in the Kumaon region of the Himalayan Indian state of Uttara-khand�is where the two World Wars were nonchalantly swept under the carpet, while peace reigned supreme. But that was the �Raj� era. �So what?� asks Bhuvan Kumari, the aristocratic owner of this red roofed �Kipling-era� cosy cottage. � Peace still reigns supreme here,� she emphasizes with a glint in her eye. � Ask the trees, ask the birds, ask the bees, ask the rafters, the doors and the windows� but don�t ask the panthers�These blighters prowl around at night, trying to make a meal of poor little stray dogs�