Short Stories
Bravo India Under 19 (U-19) World Cup Final
EXCERPTS from the post of Sreshth Shah in India 195 for 6 (Sindhu 50*, Rasheed 50, Boyden 2-24) beat England 189 all out (Rew 95, Bawa 5-31, Ravi 3-34) by four wickets It was India’s seamers, not spinners, who plotted England’s downfall in the Under-19 World Cup final as Raj Bawa and Ravi Kumar produced match-winning bowling performances to share nine…
Read MoreSelf Disinfecting Anti Viral Face Mask Developed by India Research and Development
New Delhi: (pic) CSIR-CCMB mask view (a copy/paste from an internet website) A team of Indian scientists in collaboration with an industry partner have developed a self-disinfecting ‘Copper-based Nanoparticle-coated Antiviral Face Mask’ to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The mask exhibits high performance against the COVID 19 virus as well as several other viral and…
Read MoreRocket Scientist S Somanath appointed ISRO Chairman
(pic) Outgoing Chairman S. Sivan is at right in picture (Image is copy/paste @ISRO/Twitter) Eminent rocket scientist S Somanath (at left in picture) took charge as 10th chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and as the Secretary of the Department of Space, Government of India on January 14, 2022. Previously, S Somanath has…
Read MoreRivival of ‘Madras Courier’ good or bad for India of today?
Today’s ‘Madras Courier’ picks and choses controversial writings and writers from all over the world, India in particular. Some of the writings and writers picked by this digital publication of today, challenge India’s spiritual history and publishes them periodically. Out of curiosity, I visited an online version of today’s ‘Madras Courier’, read some articles and…
Read MoreNew Year Greetings in Sanskrit
(pic is a facbook image of a website where one can find Harini Rao a popular Telugu playback singer) Harini Rao has rendered a very popular Sanskrit greeting from Chinmaya Mission, a Happy New Year Greeting, written and composed by Swami Tejomayananda ji, Head of Chinmaya Global Mission (Head qts. USA) If you can access…
Read MoreKashi Vishvanath Temple and my Hindutva
Folks, I have visited Kashi in Uttar Pradesh state of India twice. My first visit was in year 1977 with my dad who flew-in from Bengaluru; he came to my house then at Greater Kailash residential area in south Delhi, to go with me to Kashi (in UP state) and ancient Gaya (in Bihar state) where Vishnu set foot…
Read MoreThe Diwali Confusion….
Savithry was waiting near the doorway, as Seenu walked in. She followed him to where he left his sandals – under the stairway, to the bathroom as he washed his hands, feet and face and to the sitting room again, where he settled in his favourite rocking chair. He looked at her, expecting some great…
Read MoreMind is a moth eaten spider’s web!
Folks, Our mind is a moth eaten spider’s web! Think about it for a moment. When we contemplate within ourselves… digging deep into our past… connecting the dots to go back to our childhood we often end up in a deep abyss… a bottomless hole that perhaps never existed for us!? Have you ever wondered…
Read MoreLulu Global Mall comes to Bengaluru
(pic) Lulu Global Mall, Rajajinagar, Bengaluru. Image is a download from internet. My dad used to work as DGM at what used to be ‘Minerva Mills’ and ‘Raja Mills’ more than half century back. A giant Lulu Global Mall has come up now in the Minerva Mills compound. My dad had been awarded a full…
Read MoreLiving At Constance Lodge…..Part 9
Living At Constance Lodge…..Part 9 When Kusum Aunty Committed Suicide Tall, slim, dusky and well educated. That’s how I remember her. She had two daughters both less than ten years of age and about two years apart. Her husband was working in a clerical post in the A.G. office and his mother was staying with…
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