I have been dreaming of going back to my roots – my village and back To Hyderabad – on a bicycle for a long time. It is my bicycle yatra – pilgrimage. As I cycled for two days – morning 6:00 AM to 4:00 PM, people looked at me as if they were seeing an […]
Category: Experiences
TIRED GODDESS – Dr. POORVA TIWARI
Have you ever seen a tired goddess? I have seen one. It was a chance meeting. On 29th November, 2024 I went to have lunch at the Taj Mahal Hotel (TMH) Abids, Hyderabad. This is one of the landmark hotels and places at Hyderabad. The food here is heavenly and has high hygiene standards. After […]
JEENA HAI TOH
जीना है तो मरना सीखो, कदम-कदम पर लड़ना सीखो। JEENA HAI TOH MARNA SEEKHO KADAM KADAM PAR LADNA SEEKHO Meaning: “Learn to die if you wish to live; learn to fight at every step”. Frankly speaking I do not know who said this above statement. Looks very emotional, rebellious and will stay in the reader’s […]
FATHER’S PHONE
“Phone No: 9490119XXX. Rs. 1799/- pack expired on 11th October 2024”. Message from AIRTEL company, as received. The above mobile phone number belonged to my father. This number was originally allotted to father by a government telephone service provider named ‘Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited’ (BSNL). No government agency works. It came as no surprise to […]
SANDHYA – THE CONNECTION
Sandhya – I realized today that I fell in love with that most beautiful lady in the world. All these years without realizing, unknown to me I used to meet her twice every day. I met her every morning and evening. I used to wait for her arrival without slightest shame. Even if I were […]
THE MUSIC OF HUNGR
Music of Hunger – Left sugar in all its artificial forms just over a month ago. I am very conscious in avoiding it. Except some fruits (natural sugar), I am not having sugar in any form. The noticeable development is that of increased hunger! This feeling of hunger was long forgotten. Like all others, I […]
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 […]
PHOTOGRAPHER PUSHAN
The name may sound strange to you, nevertheless, it is a beautiful name. PUSHAN. It is the name of a very simple and unassuming professional photographer. Pushan is almost 6 feet tall, lean and blessed with a Bollywood hero-like face. He left everything – his job, money and reputation to become a photographer. His relations […]
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 […]
BIBF – Where Learning Never Stops
A couple of days ago I opened a broken suitcase at my Hyderabad home. This case is opened after almost a decade, manufactured by a company called ‘DELSEY’. I was using this suitcase a lot when I was working with the Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance (BIBF), Manama Bahrain. I lost count as to […]
