Linguistic derivation of ‘caste’: It is well known truth that the word ‘caste’ derived from ‘casta’ a Portuguese word. But with the arrival of the Iberians to Asia and the Americas, they began categorize people by a new order ‘caste’. These close-knit, normatively endogamous groups have a long history in Southern Asia. But the division […]
The tragic death of Sushant Singh Rajput has not only shattered the nation but it has brought the ugly reality of nepotism and harassment in Bollywood. The unfortunate suicide has renewed the debate over nepotism and subsequent harassment in Bollywood. Many celebrities such as Ranvir Shorey, Abhinay Kashyap, Manoj Bajpayee, Dibakar Banerjee, Koena Mitra, Raveena […]
The poor man died at the hospital gate, The power drunkard nation full of hate, The months run by, April, May, June, The happy days become a gloomy dream. I want to live, I want to love, I want to kiss; I pray to give, the game of death, a miss. I wish to dance […]
The bells have stopped buzzing, Nor does the Azans piercing, Sermons of the pastor no mincing, Only death has increased counting. Lifts are empty running, No visitor to see liftman smiling, The loud chatter of colleagues missing, Loss is the caption of the daily morning. Bread-milk supplier nowhere going, Cab drivers have stopped plying, Traffic […]
Trapped in the lockdown, horrible phase, Humanity struggling to calm the rage, Hospitals chained in the monetary gaze, Nothing left to halt the deadly phrase. As the dice of death spreading death fear, No remedy, only to shed the tear;Only a pen to vent the anger near, Family, friend and colleagues, all jeer. All try […]
Remove mask from your eyes, Don’t live in false illusion.Ideas appear so weak, In times similar to these, Life is the most valuable treat, And death biggest cheat. The intensity of your pain, No one can realize trail, But I’ll be beside you, In the gloom be two. Love is a bond inseparable, That death […]
Neha has been working in a reputed company for the last many years. Neha has two little cute kids. Mahira was in her third year of Engineering. Neha made Mahira her new friend and both like each other a lot. Most of the time at home, Neha was very much with her husband and they […]
I got a chance to visit the Bhima-Koregaon “victory pillar” in Koregaon, in Maharashtra, commemorating the British East India Company victory over the Peshwa of the Maratha Confederacy on 1 January 1818 and ensuing rule of the British East India Company in nearly all of Western, Central and Southern India. Every day, on my visit, […]
Whenever my students and cadets ask me for truly some serious advice, I advice, “Learn to do your work, specially prepare your own bed to sleep. “ My immature students go away laughing at me, saying, “Sir is still hundred years back and will never change…“ However, I am very serious. Doing one’s own work […]
When this ‘Oxford bimari’ hit the people, nobody could understand it like ‘China bimari.’ Nobody was bothered. It took everybody to the seventh cloud. I also joined lakhs of other people, running to Mumbai, Delhi and other big cities to fulfill their dreams. But, suddenly men-women in my slum cluster started running away from Delhi […]
