“Deepavali” is an important festival in India. As the name indicates, its a festival of lights! Perhaps, it is the only festival in India which is celebrated all over India (from Kashmir to KanyaKumari!). Of late this celebration has crossed the border, much to the pleasure of Indians living in US and Canada and even …
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Peaceful co-existence
I was half asleep when I saw the “full moonâ€. But, in a jiffy I became alert and asked myself, “full moon on a new moon day?â€. The bus in which I was travelling took a U turn and the moon or sun disappeared from the scene. What I saw was a setting sun which …
When the dark clouds disappeared!
To be or not to be? That was the question. Whether it was nobler in the mind to go out for an evening walk or sit at home, succumbing to the pressures of nature? It was a dark and cloudy afternoon and the Sun seemed to be incapable of driving away the widespread dark clouds. …
A pleasant surprise
It could be the entrance of a park attached to some monument or it could be the backyard of some city railway stations. You would see them, scattered all over these places. “Look at these pictures… these replicas… cheap and best†you hear the parrot-like repetitions of these words, though only one in a hundred …