XI’S NAPOLEAN MOMENT – BEGINNING OF THE END – Insightful Geopolitics

– Shekhar Roy In this last blog in the series titled “Lessons learnt from Dr. Kurien” Shekhar Roy shares Dr. Kurien’s views on what it takes to be a worthy citizen. He also shares some quotations of Dr. Kurien. When I was with the Engineering Division at NDDB, Anand, one day I was asked to…

मैं गोरखपुर के एक गाँव से हूं । रघुपति सहाय ‘फ़िराक़ गोरखपुरी’ भी गोरखपुर के एक गाँव से थे। मैं तो अभी भी “हूं”। मैं भी कभी न कभी “हूं” से “था” तो हो ही जाऊँगा पर “था” हो जाने के बाद परिवार और कुछ स्नेही जनों को छोड़ शायद ही मेरे बारे में कोई…

Shri Narayan Rane meets Dr. V. Kurien Shri. Manohar Joshi was Chief Minister of Maharashtra during 1995-99. Shri.Narayan Rane was holding portfolio of Revenue and Dairying in his ministry. I was working as State coordinator of Maharashtra at NDDB, Mumbai office, and therefore, I had to meet Shri. Narayan Rane frequently. Shri. Narayan Rane belongs…

It is a fact that a NDDB State Coordinator regardless of the state he was posted in, would soon find himself interacting with a large number of people in his official dealings. That was the nature of the job that a State Programme Coordinator had. It is also true that over a period of time,…

Delhi Airport We struggled to find the entry point into one of the queues. I thought I had almost made it to the point where dividers were placed to create a serpentine queue that gave a sense of circuitous direction forward, when someone informed me that the queue was not for Air India but for…