Welcome to Vrikshamandir. A small garden of memories, essays, poems and stories, tended by a novice blogger and shared by friends.
वृक्षमंदिर में आपका स्वागत है। यादों, लेखों, कविताओं और कहानियों की एक छोटी-सी बगिया, एक नौसिखिए ब्लॉगर और उसके साथियों की।
A new piece; an earlier take is here: My DNA; Diversity and Identity. My daughter Nitya paid about 120 Canadian dollars some years ago and ordered a DNA kit for me from 23andMe. The company does not ship kits to India, or I might have gifted one to an uncle, sister or a nephew just…
यह “वर्णमाला की यादें” शृंखला का पहला भाग है, जिसमें क से ङ तक के अक्षरों से जुड़ी बचपन, बीते दिनों और कुछ इधर उधर की यादें हैं। दूसरा भाग, च से ञ तक, यहाँ पढ़ें। (यहाँ क्लिक करने पर दूसरा भाग खुल जाएगा।) इस शृंखला के बाक़ी भाग लिखे जा रहे है और शीघ्र…
लेखक की ओर से: यह व्यथा-कथा पहले दो बार छप चुकी है—जनवरी 2020 में तथा जुलाई 2022 में। अब दोनों को मिला कर, और थोड़ा आगे बढ़ा कर, एक ही स्थान पर रख दिया है। पुरानी पोस्टों की जगह यही नया रूप रहेगा। मानव सभ्यता के कुछ बुद्धिजीवी विशेषज्ञों का मानना है कि “विकास” का…
Save or print this article In the window that opens, choose Save as PDF (or Print). Human development is often spoken of as programmes, schemes, and budgets. Sometimes the quieter truth is older: people move when something binds them — a shared interest, a shared faith, a shared sense that “we” can act. Two…
यह आभासी वृक्षमंदिर का हिंदी घर है। यहाँ संस्मरण हैं, कविताएँ हैं, बातचीत और विमर्श हैं — कुछ अपने लिखे, कुछ उन “अपनों” के लिखे जो जीवन की राहों पर में मिले फिर जुड़ गए !
Tushaar Shah , Emeritus Professor, Institute of Rural Management, Anand In 1977, I was ready to leave NDDB. I had joined as a young economist. Within two weeks, I had seen a senior officer publicly dressed down by the CEO. In another division, five young officers were doing sit-ups for arriving late. IIMA had taught…
I was watching a YouTube short the other day. Avadh Ojha talking about a liquor bottle caught in school and how his father handled it. Reminded me of an incident in the early 1980s. Babuji was visiting Anand and I was staying in the C-10 flat of NDDB. Anand* for us in those days revolved…
I wonder about the many dimensions of existence that I am only now beginning to truly notice. Yet the fundamental question remains: Who am I? Perhaps I will never know for certain. Or perhaps I do know, but simply cannot express it fully. So am I only “that” which I can express? And what about…
I read somewhere that tales are born out of related stories. Or is it that stories carry tales within themselves. Also stories never die. They change, resurface with different actors, situations and modified events, and reappear as new stories or tales. Within every story there are hidden stories that require care to notice. Learning Canada…
By Dr Mukund Naware The News That Was Hard to Accept Narendra Vashi ( January 8, 1948 – 29 July, 2026) Narendra Vashi passed away on 29 July 2026. The news was difficult to believe. Once confirmed, like many others, I felt a deep sorrow. Although Vashi is no longer with us, I hope the…
By Dr Mukund Naware Reunion in California – July 2026 When we met now It was a wonderful gathering of both our families. Pramod Kumar (PK) Sinha had come with his wife Renu and was staying at their daughter Shilpa’s place. When I learnt that this old friend of mine was only thirty minutes away,…
