गाँवों की हलचल रुक सी गई, सो गया शहर का कोलाहल जन-जीवन ऐसे सुस्त हुआ दैनिकता जैसे मूर्च्छा पर । सब कहते है ये महा -समर, धरती पर छाया गहन तिमिर चिंता में सब ये सोच रहे कैसे होगा ये समय बसर पर देखो इस आँधी में भी , कुछ लोग लगे कर्त्तव्य रत, सोचो इनके साहस को तुम पा जाओगे सहज संबल ये सच है मानवता सहमी जग की रौनक जैसे है छिनी पर जुड़े हुए हैं सब फिर …
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The Corona outbreak is certainly the most extraordinary, unprecedented and catastrophic event of our times. Most of us haven’t seen anything of this scale, magnitude and impact in our lives. The dramatic spread of the contagion and the anxiety the virus has generated has never been experienced before. India, with its’ limited resources but un-limited social capital & resilience is courageously responding to the disaster. Our brave foot soldiers – health & sanitation workers, doctors, nurses, law enforcing agencies essential …
Music, movies and books have always been the mirror of our times. They catch the tastes and ways of popular culture, capture eternal human values, struggles and triumph of our life and chronicle the current issues and future concerns of humanity. Music lifts the spirit, movies entertain and provoke and books engage and enlighten. While everyone enjoys and get elevated by good music and well-made movies, it is difficult to agree on a definitively list agreeable to all or even …
As the ten day long Ganpati festival is being celebrated in many parts of the country, the fervor, festivity and mood of celebration can be felt on the streets and chowks of Vadodara. Like the other Hindu festivals, Ganesh Chaturthi also has religious significance and ancient roots. What is special about Ganesh utsav however is its linkages with our recorded history. Chatrapati Shivaji maharaj initiated collective celebrations to promote culture and unity. It continued during the Maratha rule as Lord …
Recently, the decision of Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT) to come out with an advertisement for lateral entry to joint secretary positions in Government of India has generated a lot of debate and controversy. However, the idea of lateral entry into civil service is not entirely new in India. In the past, domain experts have been brought in from outside the services to head various departments and organizations be it technocrats like V. Krishnamurthy, R.V. Shahi and Nandan Nilekeni, …
किसी रूत या मौसम का नाम नही है, तेरी आरज़ू की तड़प है बरसात बेचैनी है तुझे पाने की, तेरी रिमझिम बरसती याद है ये भीगा मौसम तेरे लम्स की गरमी की तरह ये काली घटा कि तूने बाल खोल दियें हों जैसे जो मैं कह न सका, जो तुम बता न सकी उन सब अनकही बातों का एहसास है, तेरे बिना जो गुज़रे उन तन्हा पलों का ख़ालीपन है बरसात,तेरे तसव्वुर का दूसरा नाम है ।
What do you do, when choice you make lead you into traumatic emotional conflicts? What do you do, when you find yourself robbed of humanity in the course of the war you’re waging for your country? What do you do when pursuing your goal, you come face to face with the brutal choices of ‘kill or die’ and stark duplicity of your life? Raazi is not only an extraordinary spy tale full of thrills and intrigues but also examines the …
Another year has gone by and a new year is before us. As old times end and new times come we remember, we cherish, we repent and we hope for a better year ahead. Sometimes though we tend to hold on to past and find it difficult to let go. On other occasions, we try to escape from reality. Perhaps, it would be better to move on and accept life as it comes. दिसंबर की इस सियाह तन्हा रात में, …
Last week we saw ‘The Great Derangement’ of our times (to paraphrase Amitav Ghosh) on the issue of environment when world’s most prosperous and supposedly most modern economy reneged on its commitment towards climate change. India, however, has demonstrated its willingness to contribute towards clean energy revolution by not only sticking to Paris Agreement but also going ‘above and beyond’ it. In a way it is in our civilisational DNA. The Indian outlook has been global and Indian ecological thought …
In every culture, there are heroes, mythical figures, divine beings who inform the collective conscience of the nation and represent its ‘civilizational values’. Lord Ram and Krishna though considered divine reincarnation of God are also the figures in Indian society who have a defining presence in terms of influencing our values and morals since ages. What we grasp from their character and conduct however is also dependent on how you view their story. For example, the popular idiom in which …
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