Cleopatra (Meaning: Glory of the father) was the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty, ruled Egypt from 51 BC – 30 BC. She is celebrated for her beauty and love affairs with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Cleopatra was born in 69 BC – 68 BC. When her father Ptolemy XII died in 51 BC, […]
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Books – Part of My Life
Books are the only method of having knowledge. They offer vast reservoir of knowledge on any topic imaginable. Dive deep into history, science, philosophy, or explore new hobbies and interests. I was reading the Letters of C. S. Lewis and hit upon this gem on writing. Those of us who write will understand what C.S Lewis […]
MY TRYST WITH MECHANICAL WRIST WATCHES
Many do not know of the different types of wrist watches. Recently I went to a big watch show room, enquired about mechanical watches. To make my point clear, I talked of analog watches. He showed me in turn, all watch brands of the world. He said “We have Rolex, Tissot, Timex,” and endless other […]
How to Be Smart?
How to Be Smart? – This is the only way I know to become a smart person is as under. I have been relentlessly attempting to follow. Sometimes, I fail. Having failed I restart again. This is what I want to be written on my epitaph ‘A man who attempted to become a Smart Man’. […]
WHAT IS KNOWLEDGE?
If you ask me what ‘Knowledge’ I would reply ‘I do not know’. For each it implies something drastically different. Having studied PHILOSOPHY at the St Stephen’s College New Delhi under the tutelage great philosopher teachers like Prof. R.K Gupta, Prof. Ashok Vohra, Prof. Vijay Thanka, I can at most venture to state what the […]
FASLI CALENDER
FASLI CALENDER – There are many books belonging to my father lying at the ancestral house at Govindupalli village neglected. These books belong to father’s student days and his early professional career. There are notebooks with his handwriting, the books he had read and certain official papers of those times. Books are there, dusted and […]
THE GOOD OF IDLENESS
The Bible legend says that the absence of toil or work i.e., idleness was a circumstance of the first man’s blessed state before the fall. Adam is the name given (Genesis 1–5) to the first man. And Eve is the name given to the first woman. Before the Fall, Adam and Eve had lived in […]
Dr. AHMED AL GHASSANI
While rearranging the books in my library, out of nowhere, I found a piece of paper and it happens to be my resignation letter addressed to the then college dean Dr. Ahmed Al Ghassani. The letter is dated 25th December, 2016, Christmas day! With December 2024 this letter would be completing 8 years of its […]
ON BEING A LEARNER
On being a Learner – I was introduced to the following shloka, that describes the qualities of an ideal student, by my father during my childhood. At every occasion my father used to stress on these qualities. Never in my life till date did I think of this shloka or the intention of my father. […]
TIME FOR SALE
If there is one thing, I have in plenty in an inexhaustible way, is TIME. I have no property; no food; no knowledge; no commitments. I want all these, but they cunningly elude me. And there is money – it sticks to me as thickly as a rain drop sticks to a rain coat! Thus […]
