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मधुर यादें

Posted on August 14, 2012 by indra

(This is from the archives. I had entered on November 1, 2009 ) हर रोज सबेरा हंसता है और शाम सदा मुस्काती है जीवन तट पर अब खड़े हुए कुछ मधुर याद आ जाती हैं परदादी का गा गाकर मुझे … Continue reading →

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India: The Powerless Superpower

Posted on August 1, 2012 by indra

India has gone for a record of a sort. As the media was reporting, the last two days of power outage affecting half of the country was the worst in India till date. But now I find someone claiming it … Continue reading →

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Pranab Story- A Case in Perseverance

Posted on July 24, 2012 by indra

Since I had started listening to the proceedings of the Indian parliament on TV, I got impressed with Pranab Mukherji. Fortunately for the country, both the leaders of opposition in the two houses of parliament are brilliant parliamentarians and speak … Continue reading →

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A Day when in New York

Posted on May 10, 2012 by indra

As usual I get up pretty early in the morning. It has continued here too. And even with the constraints of my poor eyesight, I sit on the laptop and waste some time. Actually I have hardly an interest in … Continue reading →

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Ashoka Lives through his Edicts

Posted on March 23, 2012 by indra

2012-03-23 12:46:38 pm A Tribute to Ashoka on Bihar Divas FlipKart has become my favourite e-shop for books. Recently after getting first Chanakya Chant, I got Ashoka, and then Mudrarakhash, a Hindi translation of Bishakhadutt drama on the historical story … Continue reading →

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Indian Culture: Strength and Weaknesses

Posted on March 9, 2012 by indra

Two recent news reports might have hurt many wishers of India. While the first was a study coming from the academicians, the second might be a poor unnecessary remark of a former cricket captain. A study, ‘India: The Next Superpower?’ … Continue reading →

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2011: The Year of Shame or Pride?

Posted on January 2, 2012 by indra

Was 2011 a year of shame as many call it or a year of pride as the other group claims? Never in the history of Independent India had so many ministers and executives were in Tihar for different scams. Never … Continue reading →

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Why Apple or Galaxy instead of Aakash for MPs?

Posted on December 7, 2011 by indra

I love my iPad. It’s the first model and was a gift from Anand. It has made my life easy. It’s so user-friendly particularly for reading document in any font suitable to my eyesight that has gone very poor. All … Continue reading →

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Hampi: My Experiences

Posted on November 12, 2011 by indra

The history book of high school had described the Vijayanagara and Bahmani empires of south. However, I don’t remember if there was any enthralling reference of Hampi that could make me visit Hampi during many a visits to Bangalore that … Continue reading →

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Hampi-Our Heritage: My Views

Posted on November 7, 2011 by indra

Every time I think about our history, I get morose to know that even today not much of research is getting done by Indians about our heritages. One can hardly find some good authentic historical and archaeological literature written by … Continue reading →

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