How often do you give healing touches to the suffering souls? How often do you feel the pain of people living in a world of darkness? How often do you try to give someone little pleasure that lasts long? How often do you use your resources to help people overcome their psychological issues and guilt? Ask yourself, today. Continue reading
The first ever World report on disability, produced jointly by WHO & World Bank, suggests that more than a billion people in the world today experience disability. It provides the best available evidence about what works to overcome barriers to health care, rehabilitation, education, employment, and support services, and to create the environments which will enable people with disabilities to flourish. But how sensitive we are to the disabled? Achha, tell me… are they visible in our statistics & aid budgets? Continue reading
In a new report issued for World Day Against Child Labour, the International Labour Organization warns that a staggeringly high number of children are still caught in hazardous work– some 115 million of the world’s 215 million child labourers– and calls for urgent action to halt the practice. What are you doing to stop child labour? Continue reading
Father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi said, “My Life Is My Message”. And what have we learned from his message is clear from the fact that we are now including caste in our national headcount, to be revealed in a house-to-house search that kicks off next month across India. Productive or Counterproductive measurement !!! What would you say? Continue reading
How Rahul Gandhi is different from Prince William? When I wrote on Prince William, it was praised by all across Europe. Does Rahul get the same response here in India? Continue reading
Love in Library… What Love Lessons these… Continue reading
People go to Delhi’s G.B. Road for different purposes. For those not familiar with Garstin Bastion Road, may I share that it is the red light area of the national capital — a full-fledged sex district. I went there too. And I went for over a month, to teach Spoken English to a group of very young enthusiasts … Continue reading
Yes. His heart was young, even younger than many of us; though his body left him, may be too early. He was just 87 and lived his life, perhaps to the fullest. Romantic that he was, Prof. Bhatia would often take me to a pure world full of his poetry and nicest Persian literature. As my tribute I take his permission to post one of his love letters that, perhaps, was never delivered. Continue reading
I have done my bit submitting 10 questions to him. You may submit your questions for Rushdie now. The interview would be published in the upcoming issue of TIME magazine.
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My tribute to the Great Saint. All photographs by Neeraj Bhushan. Continue reading
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