Reflections from the Village Bard
Queen Lakhsmi Bai of Jhansi in the battlefield Lakhsmibai was born on November 19, 1828, in the holy city of Varanasi in a Brahmin Marathi family. She was named Manikarnika and was nicknamed Manu. Her father was Moropant Tambe (a retainer of Chimnaji…
Burden of expectation is what many people suffer We as parents tend to expect our children to become a doctor or engineer or a musician and push them in that direction but often the child wants something different so you must guide him with tact and compassion to become what he wants to become. Not…
Mental acuity Old age does not mean that a person loses his mental acuity. It remains intact in many people, but they do deserve to be recognized, loved and cared for.As we age, we notice that we lose some of our mental acuity in the process of ageing. We forget what day it…
One of the famous artists of India is Raja Ravi Varma who is well-known to the world. His dazzling style and color, use of middle class Indian women for his paintings and his depiction of religious figures of Radha and Krishna puts him in a category all by itself. Raja Ravi Varma (29 April 1848…
There are strong indications based on the economic growth rate of India that it is well on its way to be the next economic superpower on this planet. The astonishing growth in the industrial output, power generation using renewable sources like solar, wind, hydro, geothermal and nuclear that is fueling this growth makes India very…
Woman praying with fervor The business of faith has never been so lucrative as it is now. The blog looks at how some people accumulate vast riches by making people believe that they have an obligation to donate. We all believe in something or someone. It is called faith. It may be of religious nature…
An overcrowded jail in Asia We often see simple ordinary people thrown in jail for minor infractions in many countries so they suffer needlessly and come out with trauma that bedevils them the rest of their life. The punishment given to anyone should be proportional to the offense so a reform in the penal…
Women protest against the patriarchal system in India I have written a few times about the patriarchal system practiced in India and its effect on the people who grow up biased against women from their childhood. Today I would like to expand on…
A happy child Happiness is a feeling that varies from people to people and culture to culture. Some are happy if they find enough food for the day while others feel happiness in expensive gadgets or clothes so the priorities can be very different depending on where a person lives and his financial ability.…
Beauty is not in the eye of the beholder as the clich goes but true beauty is universal as exemplified by Miss Spain who was judged to be Miss World. However different people have their own ideas about beauty and will go any length to promote it so I explore the notion of…