The salt satyagraha began on 12 March and ended in Dandi with Gandhi breaking the Salt Act on 6 April. On 12 March 1930, Gandhi and 80 satyagrahis, set out on foot for the coastal village of Dandi, Gujarat, over 390 kilometers from their starting point at Sabarmati Ashram. These satyagrahi “Volunteers”, working all day […]
Category: Travels
Two Sisters
I came across this great event in history while reading the ‘Sunday Gentleman’ of celebrated writer Irving Wallace. Hence, I decided to pen down few lines about this greatest business. A new business opened at the Dearborn Street on 1 st February, 1900. Within a few years it became world famous – the Everleigh Club—a […]
HUMAN ILLUSIONS
Illusion is not to see a rope and think it to be a snake. Illusions is not thinking of paper as currency or a photograph. The illusions of which I wish to write are different from the illusions discussed from times immemorial. The illusions to which I wish to draw your attention are the ones […]
FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
It was raining on that morning. As usual I was up by 2:40am. Got ready. Due to rain, I could not go for the usual morning walk. Having left with no other option, I proceeded to my library to study undisturbed. My morning reading resulted into the present title FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS. When […]
‘Stopover @ Tellus from 1966 to – ‘
A thought keeps coming, a flash passing by – resulting in restlessness. The very thought is unsettling, scary and crazy – to anyone in the world. Yet this process and this issue is common for every human being. Hence, I attempted…said to myself ‘let me start’. What will be my epitaph? What should be written […]
A mythical place called Freedom
While going to the airport, Parvathi asked on an early morning at 3.30 am – do we have freedom? I looked at her surprised, requested her to throw more might on that profound statement. She smiled and explained – “you follow traffic rules, you don’t drive beyond the speed light, you help the old lady […]
