I have written many reports during my service in the Navy, and my seniors have appreciated them. Once, when the Eastern Naval Command brought out a bulletin, the editor wanted to include a short story to provide comic relief. The editor thought my piece would need clearance of the Admiral since it poked fun at…

STORIES FROM MY CHILDHOOD LOOKING FOR PARASMANI My mother told me once that there exists a stone known as “Parasmani” which when touched to anything made of metal turns that into gold. My life in those days consisted of collecting cigarette wrapping foils some of which were golden (sone ki) and the inferior ones of…

लेखक: राजगुरू द. आगरकर अनुवाद: आ. चारुमति रामदास     हालाँकि दिन समाप्त हो गया था मगर रात बैरन बनकर सामने खड़ी थी। हर जहाज़ पर और नाविक तल पर  सैनिक इकट्ठे होकर चर्चा कर रहे थे। ‘तलवार’,  ‘कैसल बैरक्स’ और ‘डॉकयार्ड’ के सामने के रास्ते पर टैंक्स घूम रहे थे। रास्ते से गुज़रते हुए…

(pic-1) A down load from net… this image of a school from semi-urban India brought memories from the first school I attended in 1947.) My class room could boast of four brick walls around but no roof; me and fellow classmates sat on wooden boards with black slates on our laps. Writing chalk was supplied…

Sardar Sohan Singh and his family had shifted to Chandigarh. Suddenly, I had lost two close friends. Loss of company of Goga hurt me because suddenly my daredevilry and my pranks had come to a standstill because one needs a partner in such escapades. Anyone who has read the books of childhood adventures will vouch…

  10th Jan1984: Appa screamed at me that is nothing new. But he did it in front of all in the tenants. Even she was there! “If you keep scoring only this much, you can land up only to clean the tables at a Udipi Hotel.” Is securing 75% too less? I am perplexed. What would have she thought of me?   12th Feb’84:…

On the intervening night if 29-30 August, when PLA tried to wrest control of a protrusion on the southern bank of  Pangong Tso Lake, Indian Army ( IA) came to know about it and moved in strength. and thwarted its operation.  China was given the taste of its own medicine . China always behaves like…

लेखक: राजगुरू द. आगरकर अनुवाद: आ. चारुमति रामदास   आर. के. के  भावावेश में दिये गए, सुलगाने वाले भाषण के पश्चात् एक भयावह शान्ति छा गई । आर. के. पलभर को रुका और उसने सबको आह्वान दिया – ‘‘हम, आज, यहाँ नेताजी को याद करते हुए शपथ लें कि स्वतन्त्रताप्राप्ति के लिए मेरे प्रिय हिन्दुस्तान को…

One of the most enduring memories of my child hood were scraping, probing, groaning and blood letting sessions that grandpa undertook which could loosely be describes as having a shave. The whole tedium started with gathering all the implements of ordeal and stacking them on a table outside in sun. A convex mirror was of…