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“Profusion in pink, blossoms on the wall
Gradients of green on the trees lithe and tall
Blue morning mists curling up from the moat
Indelible impressions of a ruined old fort?”

“A pleasant sojourn
Cool, clear and calm a morn
The gladed forests in the diminishing light
A million stars, a beautiful night

Tranquil thoughts,inspired by the bounty
Of nature manifest in that [...]

      I have always, always loved poetry, not the abstract , too intellectual kind of stuff. I have been more of a victim of maudlin sentimentalism, much too emotional at times for my own good and endowed with an incorrigibly foolish , dreamy , wistfulness.
And poetry comes in handy, particularly in those times, when [...]

 These are three  different  reports on the  Kosi floods.       The first one of 19th August  is from the following internet sourcehttp://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/KKAA-7HN7RE?OpenDocument Kosi floods displaces 25000 peopleAfter the Saptakosi river damaged dams in western Kusaha region of Sunsari district, Monday, over 25,000 people have been displaced. A section of East-West highway in Laukahi area has also [...]

    I used to love narrating to  my nieces and nephews the story of how Caeser almost saved me from getting bitten by a snake. I would love to share it with you as well. So here goes:
 
      It was a bright  sunny Sunday, the mother hen and her brood of little yellow chicks, scurrying [...]

    
     Gerald Durrell was a favourite author of mine in my childhood, the reason being that I could so easily relate to the pictures of a household where animals walked in and out amongst the humans,  each  one of the former having a personality as distinct as that of the latter.
 
    From as far [...]

     This inspiring  story  came to me as an e-mail forward. I wanted to check for its authenticity before posting it and found that it was featured on Rediff News as well, on the 28th of July , in an article by Shobha Warrier. (http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/jul/28sl1.htm)Do click on the link for a look at his photograph      The [...]

      The following is the editorial written by Sunita narain, in the latest edition of the magazine “Down to Earth” (http://www.downtoearth.org.in/default.htm)     Learn to walk lightly         “  In Sikkim, bowing to local protests, the government has cancelled 11 hydro-electric projects. In Arunachal Pradesh, dam projects are being cleared at breakneck speed and resistance is growing. In [...]

Just watched a great moment in the history of Indian  Sports, Abhinav Bindra winning the first ever individual gold in Olympics (10 m Air Rifle-men).   And what calmness and composure .!!!   Feeling very very proud of you!:-)     And we are proud of you too Milka Singhji(http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/sep/08milka.htm

 The Mumbai High Court on Monday dismissed a plea filed by a young couple, Haresh and Niketa Mehta , who sought permission for the abortion of their 25 week old foetus. The medical reports had indicated that the child would be born with a heart blockage and malpositioned arteries, that may require a pacemaker implantation [...]