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        It is difficult to describe a person whose personality had so many wide ranging attributes that it amazes you when you try and capture it in words. It’s difficult to try and express  the sense of utter loss one feels at his demise. Dubeyji’s long time friend and neighbour , Shri Mittal calls up [...]

Sometimes , without any prior planning or pattern , life brings you face to face with people whose positivity, instantly gives you a feeling of being enriched.
I met Radha Behin as she is fondly addressed by those who know her, at the meeting of the Jal Biradari of which I had recently written about. [...]

It feels nice to start a morning with a story like this one. I just read this in today’s “Hindu” newspaper. (Haven’t been able to figure out how to post the accompanying photograph. Hence giving you the link as well)
 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/09/19/stories/2009091951480900.htm
 Tanveer Ahmed

Politics and politicians herd us like sheep into a protective ‘national’ net that restricts [...]

������ When I go home to Kannur , there is a list of shopping which has kind of become a routine for me, banana and tapioca chips for myself and friends, �unniyappam� and laddoos made of coconut and jaggery specially for my friend Madhu , footwear� that I can wear in the rain, �an umbrella [...]

       First posted  on 31st   May,2009. Reposting it  because the comments posted by friends were not showing up. If the problem persists, please do leave your comments in my GB. I’ll copy paste the same here later on when the glitch is resolved. Thanks.          �   I cannot fold  my wayward limbs                   To crawl into  coffins of religions.     [...]

�����������Remember doing cursive writing in school, in books which had proverbs to be copied in your best handwriting? I guess it served the twin purpose of improving the contours of your letters as well as those of your character. Have you noticed that some of the proverbs appear to contradict themselves? Here are a few:��������������Great [...]

             Kanhaiya Lalji’s wife hails from the village of Kraska, in Sariska. He was keen to take us there and since we had to catch the return train to Delhi from Alwar only in the evening, we were glad to make the detour.
 
       The population in Kraska comprised mainly of Gujjars who had traditionally lived [...]

         On that first journey to a then unknown destination,  Rajendrabhai had not been alone. With him, were three other of his friends. They had got off the bus at Kishori village, not because that was the place they had chosen in advance, but because that was where the bus terminated. The villagers were not [...]

         To hear or read about someone ,  their  extraordinary work and experiences and develop a long distance admiration for them is one thing. To actually meet one such person and witness first hand , the remarkably tangible results of their untiring efforts, spanning over many years and to realize that the various accounts [...]

���Merry Christmas everyone. Sharing with you, on this occasion an article on Jesus, the messiah, by V.R. Krishna Iyer . (The author, 93 years old, is a retired Supreme Court Judge of distinction, a former Cabinet Minister in the Kerala government, a great humanist, and a regular contributor to The Hindu)������Was not the kingdom of [...]