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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, […]
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… […]
In the golden era of India’s White Revolution, a quiet but remarkable man stood tall at the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB). His name was PG Gore. He joined NDDB in 1966 as an Apprentice Engineer at a stipend of Rs 300 per month , fresh out of IIT Mumbai, at a time when the […]
Lalatendu Kar is Senior Vice President and Head of Workforce Management and Learning & Development at Reliance Retail. He previously served as HR Head for Mumbai Airport and various Reliance Retail businesses, after his tenure at NDDB.
While in Gurgaon we live in a flat — or what the westerners call an apartment — in a multi-storey middle-class gated community having five towers in Sector 52, Gurgaon, not far from Huda Metro station. Life here is usually peaceful and routine despite the residents, RWA and builder engaging in never-ending disputes. But middle-class […]
Vinita Agrawal is a distinguished Indian poet, editor, and curator. Author of four books of poetry and editor of an anthology on climate change, she was jointly awarded the 2018 Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize for her collection The Silk of Hunger. She serves on the advisory board of the Tagore Literary Prize and is Poetry […]
यह ब्लॉग वसंतराव कुलकर्णी की जीवन यात्रा का भावुक वर्णन है, जिनका नाम ‘वसंत’ उनके कार्य से मेल खाता था। वे जहां-जहां गए, हरियाली फैलाई—पेड़ लगाए, बगीचे संवारे। लेखक की उनसे पहली मुलाकात 1969 में मुंबई की आरे कॉलोनी में हुई, फिर 1972 में आनंद के एनडीडीबी में, 1984 में मुंबई के डेयरी बोर्ड कैंपस में, 1997 में जलगांव डेयरी में और अंतिम 2006 के बाद बोरीवली के ज्येष्ठ नागरिक संघ में। वसंतराव ने डेयरी संस्थानों को हरा-भरा बनाया, सेवानिवृत्ति के बाद एजेंसी चलाई और चुनौतियां स्वीकारीं। वे लेखक के जीवन में वृक्ष की छाया जैसे रहे—एक अनोखा संयोग और प्रेरणा।
भैंस कि गाय कि भैंस ? यह घटना इसी वर्ष के सितंबर महीने की है। घर में एक युवक मेहमान दो दिनों के लिए आया था। उसका नाम अजय है। वह कई वर्षों बाद हमारे यहां आया था, विषयों पर गपशप चल रही थी और फिर चूँकि मै डेयरीवाला हूँ , उसने आखिरकार मुझसे दूध […]
मैंने “महादेव दा का राजनैतिक वध” अपने मित्र श्री मनीष भारतीय के फेसबुक पेज पर पढ़ा था। ऐसी घटनाएं सच जैसी लगती हैं, लेकिन जब तक खुद अनुभव न करें, तो कभी कभी अविश्वसनीय सी भी लगती हैं। मन में सवाल उठता है “क्या सच में ऐसा होता है?” धन्यवाद मनीष का, जिन्हें यह कहानी […]
The former employees of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) organised their first reunion in 2015, the second in 2020, and the third in 2023. I attended all three. They are meeting again—the fourth reunion is scheduled for 7–8 February 2025. When I mentioned it to an old friend the other day, neither of us […]
Arvind came from a family that belonged to the kind of history you read about in old books. His father, Mr. T. Swaminathan, had been an ICS officer and later rose to serve as Cabinet Secretary and Chief Election Commissioner. His elder brother ran things at Humphreys and Glasgow, a British multinational, married with children. […]