My mother started cooking at a very young age before her marriage. After her marriage she cooked for the family for years at my village where we lived in a large joint farming family. After that she stayed with my father where ever my father was posted Nanpara, Bahraich, Deoria, Delhi, Nilokhari, Dehradun, Delhi, Gurgaon……

“Ahluwalia tells us that an empirical study a few years thereafter supervised by the very well known economist Kirit Parikh, to calculate the percentage of the funds spent on the Public Distribution System that actually reached the poor, came up with 16 paise as best estimate, remarkably close to Rajiv’s assessment” -Wajahat Habibulla, National Herald,…

Nagar had shared this article many months ago. He mentions “It could possibly be in 1979”. I wasn’t sure and wanted to confirm. I concede my memory is not good ! Thanks to the Internet , I was able to search this article, published in January 15, 1982 issue of India Today. Thus it is…

We remember his tenure as Chief Election Commissioner. However, as a man of action and great simplicity right from the beginning of his career he had a way of doing things differently which set him apart from the rest. On 10th November 2019, the news of the death of Mr. T N Sheshan brought to…

On Father’s Day I had received an email from MK Sinha sharing a message that he had posted on LinkedIn. “आज सुबह, इन्डियन स्टैन्डर्ड टाईम के करीब पांच बजे, जब अपनी रोज की रूटीन के अनुसार , अपने परिचितों, दोस्तों, रिश्तेदारों को मेसेज देने अपना व्हाटसएप खोलो तो  फादर्स डे की शुभकामनाओं के मेसेज भरे पड़े थे। एक अज़ीब सी इन्टेन्स, डिप्रेस्सिव माइन्डब्लाक सिंड्रोम में चला गया। सोचने लगा कि रोज जो मै पितृदेवो भव, मातृ देवो भव कह कर दिन की शुरूआत करता हूं वह कहीं कोई बड़ी भूल तो नही हो गई। कहीं मेरे पिता हम से दूर तो नही हो गए। ये कैसी बिडम्बना है कि इलेक्ट्रॉनिक  माध्यम से लोग मुझे बता रहे है कि मेरा भी कोई बाप, फादर, है और मुझे इस दिन उसे याद करना चाहिए। जैसे बाकी सारी ज़िन्दगी के दिन उस से कोई रिश्ता नहीं । अपने आप को बैकवर्ड समझने लगा। आउट आफ डेट। एक्सपायरी डेट के करीब। लेकिन सही समय पर मेरी आत्मा के एक झंटाटेदार तमाचे ने सही रास्ते पर ला दिया। मेरा बाप, मेरा फादर,  मेरी आत्मा मे हर रोज हर सांस मे मेरे साथ रहता है। कोई याद दिलाए, न दिलाए।” I too have been receiving and forwarding Father’s Day messages both images as well as video clips to friends and…