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Janmashtami commemorate an energy which is deemed both a God and the finest and strongest representation of a human being, in fact a super human being. His life and deeds can scarcely be understood or explained within the parameters of human capabilities. One may call Him the most humanized God. A Way to Live ButContinue reading “What Does Janmashtami Celebrate?”

The Moment of Moral Renaissance The nation, we the people of India, are celebrating the 75th year of our independence. There is energy, enthusiasm, involvement all around. Never before the festivities were so elaborate, the diversity and the innovation to appropriately mark the occasion never so brilliantly devised. We are determined to make our countryContinue reading “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsava”

Bulbul or the Red Whiskered Bulbul or the Crested Bulbul Introduction“Ek tha GulAur ek thi BulbulDono chaman me rahte theSaath jiyenge saath marengeYe dono yu kahte the”Bulbul (the bird) and Gul (the flower) are eternally linked with love, lovers and all that they together celebrate. In Indian tradition cutting across folk and classic, oral andContinue reading “Love’s Eternity and Sublimity”

The ball has been thrown in Judiciary’s court. The issues are complex and the prognosis is pregnant with potentials, some pernicious and many promising. It will demand judiciary’s most serious consideration, deep understanding, and the most exacting judicial application of law. For, the pronouncements will have a vital bearing on the future of freedom ofContinue reading “Tirades on Twitter – Tyranny of Free Expression”

Part II The exceptional quality of Goethe’s writing neither lost its perspicacity nor the refreshing perspective as he uncommonly produced a volume of work, which even the best could accomplish over several life times. He may have lived long but the richness and brilliance of his output sustained for several decades; without in the leastContinue reading “Johann Wolfgang von Goethe”

Part I “He grew up a genuine man, remarkable for endless activity of body and mind, a sage minister, a noble friend, and a voluminous writer.” Goethe – A Social PhilosopherThat Goethe was a genius of epic proportions is not surprising, what is surprising is the extra-ordinary recognition this outstanding man received from the world,Continue reading “Johann Wolfgang von Goethe”

A visit to Kanha after a gap of almost forty years must surely excite. The heightened anticipation of the transitions in this pristine and premier patch of undisturbed and serene forest, that the intervening four decades may have fashioned, makes the sojourn even more engaging.Sprawling and SplendidThe Kanha Tiger Reserve, commonly referred to as KanhaContinue reading “Kanha National ParkRevisiting some Impressions after Forty Years”

Ayodhya is transforming, surely, rapidly and profoundly. The imminent hope is that this transformation will be overwhelmingly positive, massive in any case as it is. The evolution of a place or a person, however, is seldom perfect. The nature of evolution always entails all the manifestations of attributes that the process inheres, invariably contradictory-the luminousContinue reading “Ayodhya-The New Hub of Hinduism”

The disappointment is so palpable and the dismay so intense that men and women; and children also in substantial measure, feel crestfallen as they conclude their visit to this premier tiger reserve of the country. This frustration and agony that most visitors invariably face is because of their inability; or rather the lack of luckContinue reading “On Not Sighting Tiger in Kanha”