On 23 August some of us “Former NDDB Employees” had our first meet at “Virtual Vrikshamandir ”. We had two meetings that day first at 0700 am and the second at 0730 pm (India Time). Eighteen of us spent an hour and half during these two meeting each lasting well over ninety minutes. Participation at…
On 23 August some of us “Former NDDB Employees” had our first meet at “Virtual Vrikshamandir ”. We had two meetings that day first at 0700 am and the second at 0730 pm (India Time). Eighteen of us spent an hour and half during these two meeting each lasting well over ninety minutes. Participation at…
Every year since last five years when we first placed a bird feeder in our backyard garden in Toronto, we are visited by a number of beautiful, playful birds throughout spring-summer. We invariably leave the feeder in a covered part of the yard even during peak winters for the occasional visitors as most…
I am sharing a very fond memory of that single major influence in every one’s life – “father”. This is an event that occurred about 13 years ago but is still vividly available in my memory as if it had happened just last evening! As time passes by, the rapport between two generations also seems…
In 1963, while in Science College, Nagpur in our pre-medical batch we had number of girls as classmates rather as many as we boys. During those days talking to a girl was not easy and for me the problem was about speaking in English as having studied in Marathi medium I was learning to…
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Last row from left to right; 1- N Vishwanath, Nand Vardhan Naithani, VS Behla and his son Vikram 2- Naithani, Nagar and Shailendra picture taken outside Manibhuvan some 50 plus years ago !
The above message was the last ones from Shailendra and I received Sharad on 18 and 19 April 2021 respectively. He appeared positive and I thought he was to be okay. There were no replies to Shailendra’s message of 28 and my message of 29 April, 2021. I made enquiry with other friends to know…
I met Ganeshji not in the century that I was born but had to wait for the onset of the new millennium plus almost eight years for the planets to synchronise and be at the right position to create a favourable grah dasha. Ganesh ji a prolific blogger, banker, company secretary, connoisseur of music and…
I started working at the age of 22 and got a regular full time job with the National Dairy Development Board ( NDDB), Anand in 1968. I decided to leave NDDB after 32 years of service in the year 2000. It was a one of the most difficult personal decisions of my life. Thereafter, I…
