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perfect example of FOREIGN ownership in Indian media

This is certainly a totally objectionable way of reporting. Continue reading »

Parikrama – The Revolving Delhi Restaurant

Ghoomte Rah Jaoge! Parikrama literally means to go around. And once you enter this restaurant, you really go around Delhi eating, mesmerized…. uhhhhh…. look look… there’s Jama Masjid. And what’s happening atop that building there…!!! Continue reading »

I’m the breeze heralding spring

While I consider Makhanlal Chaturvedi’s ‘Pushp Ki Abhilasha’ the most powerful Hindi poem, one of the longest poems I memorized for its beautiful words and that I often quote is “Hawa Hoon Hawan Main Basanti Hawa Hoon, Suno Baat Meri Anokhi Hawa Hoon”. Here is the Hindi poem ‘Basanti Hawa’ composed by Kedarnath Agarwal, followed by English transalation of just few lines for better understanding for non-Hindi readers.

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Pilgrimage from the grave of Gandhi to Kennedy’s

Would someone tell me the American President’s contributions, if any, to our nature, to world peace! True, in the words of Gandhi, with which the documentary also ends, Obama must become the change he wants to see in the world. Continue reading »

Branson explains ethics & rationale behind Virgin spaceship

The Virgin Galactic founder Friday blogged on the subject, outlining his thoughts on why he thought it was an important initiative to get behind and invest in. Continue reading »

Photo Travelling with Tanya-Vera

One is beautiful, the other vivacious. One is 26, the other 28. When one talks, the other beams. They are two wonderful, yet timid, photo-travellers from Russia – Vera and Tatiana.  Together, they have been capturing the essence of life and beauty of nature from Ladakh to Orissa for over nine months now. “We are … Continue reading »