my thoughts

  Dear Readers, this article comes to you during a difficult time when we need each other more than before. I wanted to avoid writing anything about the current situation because newspapers and TV channels are having the same in abundance and sufficient enough to give dose of depression. So I thought of avoiding the same but we cannot afford not to follow the COVID protocol. Please follow the protocol and remind the people around you to do the same.   What is life if not an amalgamation of experiences and learnings, resulting from our communion with the rest of the world? And the more diverse this omnium gatherum, the more colourful and wholesome life seems. Fortunately for me, my profession helps me interact, quite frequently with a variety of minds from different walks of life. But seldom, do we come across people whose thoughts and words stay etched in our minds and souls for the rest of our lives. The book that I am currently reading has introduced me ...

  Greetings to all my respected readers. My apologies for a long gap in sharing my thoughts with all of you. This was due to some personal reason, though I was very excited share this with you, for this one being my `Article 350`. Before writing my thoughts on the topic mentioned I would like to remember Mr Varun Gupta, alumni of Delhi Public School Jodhpur, who made me to write my thoughts and share the same with all of you in the form of Blog. This Journey started almost ten years back. I would also like to thank all of you for reading and commenting on different articles. Here I would like to specially mention Sh. Arvind Bhatt Ji, who himself is an institution, for making me feel worth writing on few topics.   Let me take you all through the past year and learning from the same.   “Our children of classes 3 and 4 were able to read and write, but now half of them have forgotten how to read. Writing is worse, children are unable to write even two or three sentences in ...

  Mere desh ki dharti sona ugle, ugle heere moti, Mere desh ki dharti… Kyu na puje iss maati ko jo jeevan ka sukh deti hai Yahan apna paraya koi nahi…. Yahan apna paraya koi nahi, hai sab pe Maa upkar tera… Mere desh ki dharti….. Mere desh ki dharti sona ugle, ugle heere moti, Mere desh ki dharti… ( मेरे देश की धरती सोना उगले उगले हीरे मोती , मेरे देश की धरती क्यों न पूजे इस माटी को जो जीवन का सुख देती है यहाँ अपना पराया कोई नहीं है सब पे माँ उपकार तेरा   मेरे देश की धरती सोना उगले उगले हीरे मोती , मेरे देश की धरती )   This timeless song from the movie Upkar ( उपकार ) sung by Mahendra Kapoor Ji needs no introduction. Set in the mid - sixties, the song with its mesmerizing acoustic narration, is sure to, each time one hears it, paint a picture of the traditional farming mannerisms and customs followed in the then rural India. The movie, though primarily based on the political scenario of that time and centered on the famous slogan ‘Jai Jawan, Jai K...

  In their speeches, all our leaders talk about the development of the nation. Our present Prime Minister Mr. Modi once said “I have a vision of a Modern India. I have embarked on a huge mission to convert that vision into reality. My mantra is Development.” The concept of development is almost as old as civilization; it has been the driving force behind all progress in the history of mankind. And although in the current modern times, it finds the most amount of mention while describing economic and monetary state of affairs, it is pertinent to all walks of human life, whether social, technological, psychological or personal. Development is a phenomenon, so holistic and fundamental that if understood closely it would help define the very purpose of our lives, but how often do we see it that way? The book that I am currently reading, ‘Small is Beautiful – A Study of Economics as if People Mattered’ by E F Schumacher has touched my heart indescribably and helped me see things in a ...

    “Ashwathama hatha, Iti narova kunjarova” “Ashwathama is dead”, said Yudishthir, “I don’t know if it’s a man or an elephant”, he murmured. With conches being blown by the Pandava army as the second part of the sentence was being said (thus making it inaudible), Guru Dronacharya was led to believe that his son Ashwathama had died. Hearing this, the shaken Guru Drona lost his will to fight and fell to the ground.   We are all well acquainted with the above episode from the Kurukshetra War in Mahabharat which ultimately ended with the almost invincible Guru Drona laying down his weapons in grief and being executed by Dhristadyumna. The incident holds great significance in the Hindu Mythology, which got the Pandavas closer to winning the war against evil. The question that each one of us then ask is, is it okay to deceive / lie? The quest to identify right from wrong, just from unjust, good from evil is something that has vexed the human race for centuries and w...