अक्तूबर२०२२ के बाद डाक्टर मुकुंद नवरे से मई २०२३ मे पुनः संपर्क स्थापित हुआ। उनके जन्मदिन पर फ़ोन पर बातचीत भी हुई। मेरी उम्र के लोगों की बातों मे सलाम दुआ, एक दूसरे के स्वास्थ्य आदि की बातों के बाद ज़्यादा समय बीते दिनों की बातें करने में बीतता है। जो बीत गया उसे बयान…
Thank you Dr Joshi for your kinds words about Vrikshamandir. I had written a blog in 2020 titled “Why Vrikshamandir”? I quote below the last paragraph of that blog. One can read the full text by clicking this link “Why Vrikshamandir” “I decided to launch this website and post blogs documenting life experiences, incidents, and…
I visited my home country, Bharat, from 14 November 2022 to 6 March 2023, after nearly two years and four months. There was so much to do during the four-month trip to Bharat; So many people to meet—so many places to visit. I was excited but tired too. After all, I had just gotten over…
एक २००८ विडियो क्लिप यहाँ लिंक कर रहा हूँ। फ़ेसबुक पर था । कुछ दिन पहले अचानक मिल गया। यह विडियो उस समय का है जब मैं गाँव अक्सर हर दो तीन महीने में एक बार हो आता था। सोचा था रिटायर होकर वहीं रहूंगा। पर ऐसा हुआ नहीं। कुछ मित्रों का भी कहना था…
A couple of days ago, my dear friend and former colleague, Dr SC Malhotra, sent me a whatsapp message forwarding a video clip. He has done many audio stories for Vrikshamandir which can be accessed here. Dr Malhotra is a prolific commentator on blogs that are posted on Vrikshamandir. His text message forwarding the video…
There has been rather a long gap in posting blogs on Vrikshamandir. The monotony was broken as Nagar sent this blog. While forwarding this Nagar wrote, “Shailu, I guess this is, as of now the last write up that I have. I seem to have lost the rhythm to write more. It seems you too have…
We came to Canada in July 2020. Since then we have made many trips outside our city. There is a distinct possibility of our return to Bharat Bhumi in November this year. When I look back at more than two years spent outside Bharat Bhumi, I also remember the trips outside the city that we…
Thanks to Tushaar, my Twitter friend from Vadodara on whose website Bharat Parikrama, I read his beautiful story about belief in God. And the duality when in the light of some life experiences one sees the futility of such a belief. And then another critical life event and moments of realization trigger another quest to…
Neelam Singh Saw this on WhatsApp and was reminded of my father. The first one from his village to go out for higher education, to attend college and university, to work for the government, to travel abroad, etc etc. He specialised in Agricultural Economics and Farm Management because he felt that such knowledge would of…
शायद पहली लाइन पढ़ते ही आप को ऐसा लगे जैसे इस क़िस्से के नायक आप स्वयं हैं ! बचपन में स्कूल के दिनों में क्लास के दौरान शिक्षक द्वारा पेन माँगते ही हम बच्चों के बीच राकेट गति से गिरते पड़ते सबसे पहले उनकी टेबल तक पहुँच कर पेन देने की अघोषित प्रतियोगिता होती थी।…
