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Cooped inside the four walls for more than a year I miss our Uttarakhand trips a lot. Seasons of snow, clouds, sun-shine continue to slip one by one and I am unable to enjoy the serenity of our favourite mountains. So, I just started re-living our trips. This one is from our trip to Uttarakhand…

About NADAs and Izrar Bunds Why is it that thoughts on Nada just don’t stop coming to me? Is it a symptom of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder? Nah! You can’t call it that unless I keep tying and untying the Nada of my Pajamas repeatedly. Am I a “Nadaphile” then? Hahaha, or I am just a borderline…

(pics) from Wikipedia… Fossilized Dinosaur Egg from                                                                                        Dhar-Mandla belt of Madhya Pradesh…

I was a rookie high-tech-engineer at a Cleveland Ohio company from 1979 to 1980. Our company worked on several projects in collaboration with International Companies in those days. I used to boast a USAF cleared classified badge to work on US Government and NASA projects then. I got the opportunity to take a delegation from…

  ( Image copyright Firstpost) The stringent financial sanctions on Russia by US, UK, Australia, and European countries have resulted in a catastrophic crash of the Russian currency-Ruble. Ruble has crashed 40% down (against US dollar.)  As a result of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, lives of millions of Central Asians have been affected. Citizens of…

लेखक: राजगुरू द. आगरकर अनुवाद: आ. चारुमति रामदास     मुम्बई के जहाज़ों की ही भाँति नौसेना तल का वातावरण भी गरम हो रहा था । फोर्ट बैरेक्स में हमेशा की तरह साढ़े पाँच बजे ‘हैंड्स कॉल’   दिया गया । चाय से भरा हुआ एक बड़ा भगोना मेस के बाहर रख दिया गया । ‘‘प्लीज, …

लेखक: विक्तर द्रागून्स्की अनुवाद: आ, चारुमति रामदास मेरी मार्कशीट में सारे ‘ए’ ग्रेड्स ही हैं. बस, सिर्फ शुद्धलेखन में ‘बी’ है. धब्बों की वजह से. समझ में नहीं आता कि क्या करूँ! मेरे पेन से हमेशा धब्बे गिरते ही रहते हैं. मैं स्याही में पेन की निब का बस सिरा ही डुबाता हूँ, मगर फिर…

  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:…

When I was in Merchant Navy, I used to be away from home for long periods. I had started my career with The Shipping Corporation of India. It being an Indian Company the Signing On and Off was done when the ships visited the Indian Ports. Since the Company primarily dealt with the Imports and…

  Why We Should Write Daily? Writing is a skill that we can develop as it is a part of communication in everyday life. We communicate with ourselves, whether we are communicating with others or making a shopping list. Writing can do wonders, as we all have something to say about something.  At the same…