Category Archives: Mindscape

DELHI 2020

Today’s resounding verdict in favour of Aam Aadmi Party is victory of good governance, smart social media outreach/public connect and consistent delivery over the past five years. I am not a citizen of Delhi (I doubt being a Son-In-Law would count) and the deliverable’s are gauged only from the media reports and the people IContinueContinue reading “DELHI 2020”

What’s my Caste

“आप कौनसी जाती के हो ??” This was the second question a farmer asked me when I happen to visit a lake in his village to catch a glimpse of the migratory birds that arrive each winter. Well the first one was where I was from!! I was at a loss of words, who asksContinueContinue reading “What’s my Caste”

2020

  In some few hours we enter a new year : 2020 2020 is the year where the Mayan’s Calendar was ending; supposedly bringing an end to the world. 2020 is the world where the climate change was supposed to kill us all – information courtesy Hollywood. 2020 is the year of The Metal RatContinueContinue reading “2020”

RIP – Durga Nursery Road

More than 50 years back my grandparents bought an agricultural land on the College Road – an area that was on the outskirts of the walled city. They christened this farmland as Durga Nursery named after our family’s ruling deity Durga Mata. This farm eventually turned out to be our family’s permanent abode and alsoContinueContinue reading “RIP – Durga Nursery Road”

AYODHYA – FINAL JUDGEMENT

  आदरणीय मर्यादा पुरषोत्तम राम, आप सर्वज्ञानी, सर्वभूत और सर्वव्यापी हैं !! जैसे की आपको ज्ञात है भारत के सर्वोत्तम न्यायालय ने आपके अयोध्या में जन्मस्थल को लेकर पक्ष और विपक्ष की सारी दलीलें सुन ली हैं और शायद एक महीने के भीतर अपना फैसला सुनायेंगे. आप जानते ही हैं की क्या फैसला होने वालाContinueContinue reading “AYODHYA – FINAL JUDGEMENT”

GAVRI

After years had the chance to watch and enjoy ‘GAVRI’ yesterday at the residence of Shri Raghuveer Singh ji Meena – Ex MP from Udaipur. I remember as a kid an entire trope of Gavri performers from the nearby village of Badi would perform at our residence. If my memory doesn’t fail me Kuka, ChapliyaContinueContinue reading “GAVRI”

University Elections

  छात्रसंघ चुनावों के नतीजे २ दिन पहले आ गए. जीत का जश्न और हार का गम अभी जारी है. दोनों ही जाते से ही जायेंगे. लेकिन एक सवाल जो हर साल होने वाले इन चुनावों में मेरे मन में आता है की इन चुनावों में छात्र हित में क्या काम किया जाता है? एकContinueContinue reading “University Elections”

The Artist House

“It is also to be noted that standards of morality in a society change with the passage of time. A particular activity, which was treated as immoral few decades ago may not be so now. Societal norms keep changing. Social change is of two types: continuous or evolutionary and discontinuous or revolutionary. The most commonContinueContinue reading “The Artist House”