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Monthly Archives: May 2010
The Story Of My Life.
That friends, is the current story of my life. This post has been in the making for quite some time and when this cartoon appeared the bulb went on about the timing. Bar a few times, I have lived away … Continue reading
Posted in People, Raves and Rants, Relationships
Tagged Care-giving, Difficult elders, expectations, Rights and duties, Service
40 Comments
Voices I Recall.
The voices that I recall often are almost always singers from my days of listening to music. Since quite a few of them were inherited from the choices made by my parents, some were of earlier vintage. The latter were … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
19 Comments
The MBA.
My regular readers know that I am not a great fan of the current crop of MBAs, that is being churned out by assembly line fashion by purely commercial organizations for profit. Most of them end up as unemployable in … Continue reading
India Pakistan Peace Initiatives – Aman Ki Asha
Two media giants of India and Pakistan jointly have organized a series of initiatives to bring about improved relations between the two hostile neighbours. This is called “Aman Ki Asha” meaning “Hope For Peace”. I urge my readers interested in … Continue reading
Posted in People, Politics, Relationships, Sociology
Tagged Aman Ki Asha, India Pakistan Relationship, Pakistanis in the USA
14 Comments
Reading.
A friend who is an Economics Journalist, one of the busiest persons I know, recently recommended a book for me to read. It is an English translation from Sanskrit of one of India’s epics, The Mahabharata. I was intrigued because, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, People, Relationships
Tagged Bibek Debroy, Charles Lamb, Mahabharata, Reading
19 Comments
Lies
My blogger friend Nick has two posts on Lying and I recommend that my readers read both along with the comments and responses from Nick to get a flavour of this very worthwhile subject. The first one is “It’s good … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
28 Comments
Lost.
For want of wealth, my time is lost. For want of time, my hope is lost. For want of hope, my future is lost. For want of future, my present is lost. For want of present, my dream is lost. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
17 Comments
Margaret Mitchell and Gone With The Wind.
Having been led by chance to re-read “To kill a mocking bird”, I am tempted to re-read Margaret Mitchell’s “Gone with the wind.” There are some striking similarities about these books that seem rather odd. Both were written by Southern … Continue reading
Posted in History, Nostalgia
Tagged Gone With The Wind, Harper Lee, Margaret Mitchel, To Kill A Mocking Bird
15 Comments
Memories Of The Three ‘R’s
I had taken my father to the local lending library for his weekly quota of books to read, and while I was waiting for him to return the last lot and pick new ones, I was browsing the shelves. I … Continue reading
Posted in History, Nostalgia, People
Tagged Gregory Peck, Harper Lee, Literacy, The three Rs, To Kill A Mocking Bird
29 Comments
Cleric Put In Jail.
Maulana Noor-ul-Huda an Islamic Scholar who runs a Madrassa, was offloaded an international flight just before take off at Delhi, arrested and kept in jail for a night. This was due to a misunderstanding in overhearing the Maulana’s cellphone conversation … Continue reading