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Golu: Victim of Distorted Democracy

Golu was with me on Sunday. He has already entered IIT, Delhi. His story is good enough to start a rebellion. At least, it makes me a rebel at this age of 70. I read about the ill-effects of reservations … Continue reading

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My Blogs, My Writings

It is almost five years that I am regularly posting my views through informative inputs on drishtikona.com. This is the only activity that keeps me busy. I can only say that as usual I am honest to this work too. … Continue reading

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Maha-ashatami in US

Having spent the majority of the life in West Bengal, it is but natural to feel bad to miss Durga Puja and visiting pandals. It started at Birlapur in West Bengal, where I had my schooling since 1948. What I … Continue reading

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On Way to San Francisco

We had packed for US sojourn and waiting. We had kept TV on, and planned to move out as last. With everything ready, it becomes difficult to pass time even waiting for taxi. With AC on we tried to take … Continue reading

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Emma at Best

One night, after returning to US, Anand started chatting from his office. He informed that he and Shannon had settled down but not Emma. She was still having a hangover of the long flight. I got disturbed, worried and couldn’t … Continue reading

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Emma- The Special

By now most of my readers must have come to know why my blogs are short, and on many days, it doesn’t appear even. I have my sweet little angel to play with for just few days. We are meeting … Continue reading

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Six Nights in Salt Lake and Two in Rajdhani Express

We came back today to Noida, the place I hate as the people here are so business minded and I like as I can see Noida as a laboratory of surging India. Lalu has earned a name worldwide and particularly … Continue reading

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Chhath- Some Reflections

During Hindustan Motors’ day, we lived in its residential flats for many years. Yamuna used to organize and celebrate Chhath almost every year without fail. For some years, I also undertook the rigorous fasting for almost four days and offered … Continue reading

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Diwali – Down the memory lane

At this age I love going down my memory lane to recover some that can reflect the past. I don’t remember if we celebrated the day in big way in our remote village. However, I clearly remember my great grandmother, … Continue reading

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Life at 68

I normally wake up anytime between 3~4AM, but try once at least to sleep for some more time. However, generally I can’t sleep and so get up. This has been the routine for years. Following the advice of some well … Continue reading

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