Marriages, it is said, are made in heaven. This may be so but the lead-up to the actual event on this planet can in itself be an interesting phenomenon. It was in 1974 that we the budding engineers at Delhi College of Engineering conceived the idea of organizing an All-India multicultural festival – “EngiFest.” A …
Residential Schools
My younger brother was 8 years old I guess, when he was sent off to a boarding school in Delhi. A few years earlier at the age of ten, I had been enrolled in a Public school. I cannot quite recall my brother’s initial adjustment trauma, but I was miserable for the first few weeks. …
Give Peace A Chance
The legendary John Lennon had rightly said, “We live in a world where we have to hide to make love, while violence is practiced in broad daylight”. Protesting in 1969 against America’s hopeless war in Vietnam, John and wife Yoko Ono reminded the world to “Give Peace A Chance”: “…. Let me tell you now …
Caravan of Migrants
Three years ago, at the time of launching my first blog on February 13, 2016 I had started with just an idea of where I wanted to go with this venture but had no inkling how long my “junoon” (madness/passion) would last. A friend had cautioned me to plan ahead, with enough material for at …
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