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 […]
Category: Experiences
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 […]
THE CURIOUS CASE OF Ms. SAARIKA
I did not expect even in my wildest dreams that I would meet a transgender in my small agricultural village! Saarika was born as a man with the qualities of a woman. In a male body, female spirit is residing. She hails from a poor illiterate family where the culture is a man should behave […]
AN INVENTION CALLED KARMA
Do you think there is Karma? For those who do not understand the term Karma, let me explain in a simple way. Karma is a Sanskrit word. The meaning is that you are responsible for your actions and you will have to bear the consequences. Till this point this theory sounds good. Now its implication: […]
