2009
Mahaan-Bharat
India - what makes it so seemingly special around the world, everywhere? Its people, its spirituality. Today the world is made up of two dimensions on the material plane, people and money. If you…
My Country @ 62
This is the time to focus on what India has achieved, acquired, innovated, shared in the past 62 years. Who is India? It is you and me. Instead of being part of the problem…
Swine Flu: The Facts and much more...
I received this mail from a student sent to the director here in IIT-roorkie and many more Presidents around the world. ******** I agree with you that swine flu awareness is needed, but there…
Scrumptious Sartoria
The gloriously exhuberant restaurant which means haute couture in Engish is located in Priya Mall is three-storied and has been my long time favorite in Delhi. The floridly charming interiors wear a fine Italian…
Breath-trekking experience
Heavy clouds giving cover to the misty earth from the heat of the sun, land profusely picturesque with paints of green in shades rare to root out, gleaming water crawling through the unfrequented, hidden…
Innocence, Love and Pride re-visited
Banares is The land of Shiva. And in this month of shravan with a solar eclipse on its way, you can see shades of saffron everywhere. Like how there are maternity leaves, these bhaktas…
Love at first Sight - Series 4 of 4
It happened at first sight with her. Her name is India. The beauty of her traditions and her bridal make up with forests, rivers, breath taking landscapes and deserts. It happened here in Aurwan…
Series 3 of 4
The school started. These three words are so easy to write now, but there were many comma’s, question marks, semi-colons sometimes exclamatory mark s but never a full-stop between these three dreamy words. These…
Love at first Sight – Series 2 of 4
The entire government seemed to be suffering from collective laryngitis and a bold initiative was required to get a small town with Kharwar, Musahar and Chero tribes out of their habitual dolor. An abject…
Love at First Sight - Series 1 of 4
Many moons ago, it was yet another broiling day in Benaras Hindu University and I went to meet a professor to acquaint him about the AOL activities in the campus. The professor completely in…
A Spa-cial day
When I had booked my tickets from Indore to Pune, I thought a halt at Pune for 6 odd hours would mean staying at the airport and reading a novel cover to cover. But…
Nehru-Gandhi Family Tree
In India, the paternal family holds more importance and precedence but hardly anyone knows about the "Gandhi" paternal existence. Obama and Bobby Jindal had to reassure the American voter that they are converted christians…
Vote and Vote for Change
My opinions on this are pretty straightforward with the following points 1) What is Sonia Gandhi’s past and who is she? Watch what the ex cabinet minister Dr.Subramanium swamy has to say for it?…
The Attack
The Indore volunteers set a precedent by organising the Utsav amidst the most important festival of Madhya Pradesh - Holi. Sprinkling their heart and soul into the hot humid climate to cook an Utsav…
Rule or Serve!! Where does all the tax payers money go?
This a question which India is asking herself that, are the governments ruling us or serving us? Today I take the audacity in questioning the tax expenditures running into crores for the security paraphernalia…