वृक्षमंदिर हिंदी में: कथा, कविता, वार्ता और संवाद
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 !
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Remembering Kurien: The Man Who Changed Countless Lives
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…
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I Stopped Smoking; “Piyo, Lekin Pite Hi Na Raho” ! मैंने सिगरेट पीना छोड़ा; “पियो लेकिन पीते ही न रहो”!
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…
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Dimensions of Existence and the Question of “I”
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…
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We See, We Name, We Assume
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…
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Vashi Amar Rahe: A Tribute to a Cooperative Leader Who Shunned the Spotlight
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…
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Jab We Met: Then and Now
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,…
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Khushwant Singh@ 98 – (1915-2014)
98 की उम्र में आ चुका हूँ और अभी भी जितना कमाता था उससे ज़्यादा कमा रहा हूँ, लोग मुझसे पूछते हैं कि मैं ये कैसे करता हूँ। वे मुझे लंबी उम्र का एक्सपर्ट मानते हैं। मैंने इस विषय पर पहले भी कुछ कहा था; अब पिछले दो साल के अपने अनुभव के आधार पर…
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I AM My silence
मै अपना मौन हूँ I AM MY silence. 1 am not the busyness of my thoughts or the daily rhythm of my actions. 1 am not the stuff that constitutes my world. I am not my talk. 1 am not my actions. 1 am my silence. 1 am the consciousness that perceives all these things….
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Gulab Singh of Bhaukhedi, Sehore
I first visited the ITC e-Choupal in Bhaukhedi, Sehore, in 2004, where I met Sanchalak Shri Gulab Singh. After 32 years with NDDB, I had been working since 2000 with Grow Talent Company Limited (a precursor to the SOIL Institute of Management). My visit to Bhaukhedi was part of a small consulting project with ITC……
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“विश्व आर्थिक मंच, डावोस २०२६ की वार्षिक बैठक में कनाडा के प्रधानमंत्री श्री कार्नी के संबोधन का हिंदी अनुवाद
“सिद्धांतवादी और व्यावहारिक: कनाडा का मार्ग” धन्यवाद, लैरी। मेरे लिए यह बड़ी खुशी की बात है – और एक फर्ज भी – कि मैं कनाडा और दुनिया के लिए इस निर्णायक मोड़ पर आज आपके साथ हूं। आज, मैं विश्व व्यवस्था में फूट, एक अच्छी कहानी के अंत, और एक क्रूर वास्तविकता की शुरुआत के…
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Luck Wears Many Masks: My Undeserving Days in Dr. Verghese Kurien’s Office
Talent vs. Pay. Deserving vs. Non-Deserving. Achieving vs. Failing. We love to debate these things as if success is a neat formula of hard work plus skill. But a couple of real incidents from my early career still make me laugh — because they showed me that even the greatest leaders know the truth: most…
