Hierarchy – placed sideways? Crosslinking than a flow downwards. If only it implied a way of decision making without subservience? As one grows, does one increasingly live in one’s own world; not seeing? A still mind has left me. Earlier, it was a visitor giving joy. Now always teeming thoughts. It was a wintry afternoon. […]
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Pankaj Tripathi Ms. Pritchard looked out of the dormitory window. On the sandy ground, a level below, a group of boys with feathered headbands was being chased by a group of cowboys. The squared glass panes cut off the sound of intermittent gunfire and arrows swooshing. She could only see them ducking and weaving to […]
The second Mughal Emperor Humayun was known to be immensely fond of Sherbet or Sharbat and loved fruit-derived/flavoured coolers. We do not know if Humayun had also relished the Falsa sharbat in the summers of 16th century or not, but it is definitely a beverage fit for royalty as well as the common folk as […]
We lost Shardul on May 7. He was in his forties – healthy, full of life, an engaging conversationalist, a bird, rather nature, enthusiast, and a great brother. All in all, adorable and strong. A few months earlier, he had established a state-of-the-art dairy unit near Varanasi with help from his younger brother and other […]
This is the story of Dr. Vedaprakash, a Vidyadhan Scholar, who after completing his MBBS from Bangalore Medical College, is currently pursuing MS in General Surgery from the prestigious JIPMER, Puducherry. With the second wave of COVID-19 causing havoc across the nation and posing a huge challenge to the healthcare system of India, Dr. Vedaprakash […]
PHUTKAL is a name that rolls off the tongue effortlessly. You want to keep repeating it :-) In Purabiya (Hindi), the sound conjures images of sprouting shoots at the dawn of spring. The deciduous forests around Ranchi in Jharkhand, in fact the entire Chhota Nagpur plateau, bursts with colourful shoots in early spring every year […]
THE INDIAN SUB CONTEXT – NPC-AMASR AND CORRELATING THE BURRA AND INTACH CHARTERS 25. In the Indian context, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)’s National Policy for Conservation of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (NPC-AMASR) attempts to incorporate the “Values Based Approach” in Section 5 titled “Conservation of Monuments” and functionally link the […]
Compassion is the radicalism of our time – The Dalai Lama Meeting His Holiness the Dalai Lama, listening to him is an effervescent experience. You leave light-hearted. And, if you are an Indian, it fills you with a deep sense of pride. Possibly, India couldn’t have had a more charismatic, popular and sincere Cultural Ambassador, […]
Pandit Gopal Shukla held the slightly squirming bundle tentatively and, looking at her big, watchful, unblinking eyes, announced without consulting the Almanac for once that they would call her Chaitali as the month of Chait had started and Ram Navami was round the corner. He beamed as he handed her back, his bow-shaped moustache straightening, […]
On Gandhiji’s birth anniversary, the day before yesterday, a cartoon of Bapu handing over his walking stick to a girl to defend herself was forwarded by a friend. It summed up what the believer in Ahimsa would have felt and probably done in times when news of horrific rapes, mutilation and murder of the victim […]
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