ECI

Respected Election Commission, It has been a week since the assembly elections were declared in 5 states and today also marks the last day of holding virtual rallies. In this past week new COVID-19 cases in these election going states have at least doubled: StateNew cases on 8th Jan 2022New cases on 8th Jan 2022%ContinueContinue reading “ECI”

Save our Children

Just when we all were heaving a sigh of relief from the Covid Pandemic, the world is hit by another new variant of Corona Virus – OMICRON. According to reports this is more infectious and rapidly transmitted but the jury is still out on whether it is more fatal than the previous variant. Luckily forContinueContinue reading “Save our Children”

FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT

Anna Sorokin Ruja Ignatova What does these two women have in common? The former claimed to be a millionaire heiress and the latter started a multi-level marketing crypto currency. The thing that puts both of them at the same platform was their exceptional ability for exaggerated claims and fooling people out of their wealth. TheyContinueContinue reading “FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT”

HOW DO YOU REMEMBER ME

I heard this pretty interesting quotes some time back which says ”There is a truth that is mine and one is yours and then there is a third one which is nobody’s truth!!” and taking this further “we are never villains in our own story.” I write this because just a few days back IContinueContinue reading “HOW DO YOU REMEMBER ME”

PICHHOLA KA DARD

प्रिय उदयपुरवासियों, सदियों से मैं आपके इस फलते – फूलते शहर की साक्षी रहीं हूँ मैं यहाँ तब भी थी जब मेवाड़ की राजधानी चित्तौड़गढ़ हुआ करती थी. पिछोली गांव के निकट मेरा निर्माण 14वीं शताब्दी में पीछू चिड़िमार बंजारे ने करवाया था और तत्पश्चात महाराणा उदयसिंह द्वितीय ने इस शहर की खोज के बादContinueContinue reading “PICHHOLA KA DARD”

Lost Generation

Just the other day I was inquiring about the well being of the family of our office help. Luckily for him and his family they remained unscathed by this recent Corona Wave. However as a father of 2 young boys aged three and five, he was worried in respect to their education. Online classes wereContinueContinue reading “Lost Generation”

नानीजी

दो दिन पूर्व नानीजी अपने भगवान् महावीर के पास हमेशा के लिए चले गए और साथ ही गुज़र गया मेरे बचपन का कुछ हिस्सा और छोड़ गया तो सिर्फ धुंधली ओझल यादें. मेरे को उनकी पीढ़ी से जोड़ती वह आखरी कढ़ी थी जो हमेशा के लिए खुल गयी. अब कौन देखेगा हम सब को मोटेContinueContinue reading “नानीजी”

सत्ता के साथी

पूर्व केंद्रीय मंत्री सुश्री गिरिजा जी व्यास अक्सर अपने भाषण में कहती हैं की किसी ज्योतिष या भोपा ने नहीं कहा था कांग्रेस पार्टी से जुड़ने के लिए. हम कांग्रेसी हैं क्यूंकि हम इस की विचारधारा में विश्वास करते हैं. हम विश्वास करते हैं उसके सिधान्तों और मूल्यों में. सब की अपनी विचारधारा होती हैContinueContinue reading “सत्ता के साथी”

Bollywood

Most of you who know me personally or follow me on social media would know my love for films. I have thrived on watching films over the 4 decades of my being. This love affair that started with Hindi Films aka Bollywood and has taken me to Hollywood to Regional Cinema and to World CinemaContinueContinue reading “Bollywood”