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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”

66 Years Later

1954 श्री जयनारायण जी व्यास राजस्थान की राजनीती में शीर्षस्थानीय, सर्वोपरि अडिग चट्टान थे. लेकिन राजस्थान की राजनीती में उनके प्रयोग प्रदेश कोंग्रेस को न तो स्वीकार थे न सहन थे. इसलिए सन 1954 में राजस्थान प्रदेश कांग्रेस कमेटी की जयपुर में होने वाली बैठक में, जिसमें खचाखच भीड़ थी, श्री माणकयलालजी जी वर्माContinueContinue reading “66 Years Later”

Lockdown Diary

For starters we all deserve a pat on our back for staying indoors and surviving the first stretch of the lock-down. If not for the foolhardiness of some, things would have been better. However we are still in much- much better position as compared to most of the so called developed countries of the world.ContinueContinue reading “Lockdown Diary”

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”

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”

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”

MISSION MANGAL

Mission Mangal is part fact-part fiction film about India’s mission to Mars. This success achieved in miniscule budget and by the team of underdogs!! Following are the reasons why you should watch the film: First and foremost is to celebrate the success and achievements of ISRO. When some people were stuck in cattle there wasContinueContinue reading “MISSION MANGAL”

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”