A much loved and venerated couple recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. Friends and family gathered in Delhi to honor our beloved P uncle and G “massi” (literally “maa si” – “like mother”, a maternal aunt) and while very much wanting to be there, we missed the fun. I was later informed that when queried …
Christmas from another age
In the 1960s my family lived in a small town, Naya Nangal (“new” Nangal). It was contiguous to the older and more established Bhakra Nangal town, which took its name and identity from Bhakra Dam, the first hydro-electric power generation plant in India. The dam was conceived in pre-partition India but its construction started in …
"Faith"fully yours
Several years ago, in the car on my way to work I would tune in to an ethnic radio station. Each morning the ebullient radio show hostess would start her 6 am shift with a breathless intonation of “Good morning, Jai Sriram, Sat Sri Akal, Ya Ali Madad, Namaskar, As-salaam Alaikum” in an unremitting stream …
Success
Legions of successful people emerge every day in all walks of life and millions “follow” them through Twitter, Facebook, Linked-In and other social media channels etc. Actors, politicians, business leaders, educators, community influencers or just “regular guys who have made it big” end up becoming iconic role models for others, whether of their own volition …
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