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The overrated Acharya

A few years back, renowned authoress and poetess plus my genuine well-wisher Geetashree Chatterjee gifted me the complete set of the original trilogy authored by Ashwin Sanghi which consisted of The Rozabal Line, Chanakya’s Chant and The Krishna Key. I … Continue reading

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A son restoring his father’s lost pride

Today is the 19th birthday of my son Saurav. He has a billion dreams in his eyes. I am a loving father and a loving father always wants his son/daughter to become a winner in life. Even if a father himself … Continue reading

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Solving the Savarkar riddle

The history of modern India (during the 20th century A.D.) contains two prominent figures having life full of contradictions – one of them is Mohammed Ali Jinnah and the other one is Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. Both of them lived a certain … Continue reading

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IPL : Boon or Curse for the Indian Cricket ?

In 1977, an Australian businessman, Kerry Packer when not given the telecast rights of the Cricket matches by the Australian Cricket Board to his TV channel, waged a war against the Cricket establishment by starting his own World Cricket Series … Continue reading

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Wife’s address

Around a decade back, I was struggling to get passports for myself and my family members because of several procedural hurdles in the path. Proof of address was one of them. Though Aadhar Cards had been issued but they were … Continue reading

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The fatal prank

Who, whether a boy or a girl, does not enjoy playing pranks during his/her childhood and teen-age, during the school-days and the college-days ? Most of us must have played pranks during those happy-go-lucky days of our life and enjoyed … Continue reading

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Main Der Karta Nahin, Der Ho Jaati Hai . . .

In my life, almost everything came my way somewhat late. I learnt to cycle at the age of 15 years, learnt to drive a scooter (I can’t drive a motorbike even today) at the age of 26 years and I … Continue reading

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Tasmai Shri Guruve Namah

Today is the Teachers’ Day (Shikshak Divas), the birthday of the great teacher and ex-president of India, Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan. Last year I had written a blog on this day paying my regards to my ex-English teacher Late Shri Surendra … Continue reading

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My YouTube Channel – Forgotten Bollywood Gems

My fondness for movies, especially Bollywood movies, turned me into a reviewer who kept on reviewing movies (Hindi alongwith English and regional) since February 2010 and shortly thereafter went ahead to review books also. Presently I am active on two … Continue reading

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That memorable outing at Pahaadajhar

Exactly eighteen years have passed since I had made a memorable outing with my family in the rainy season of 2002. That was the day of 25th August, 2002. I was posted at Rajasthan Atomic Power Station located near a … Continue reading

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