The intense and growing identity crisis of India has its beginning at its partition in 1947. Before that, India existed under Britain and Muslims, to varying extents, over a thousand…
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Your life was no ordinary journey, You enkindled fires in the morass of the world, And lit many a heart. You lived in the best traditions of human life:…
He was calm like Jheel-a-Dal, alert like a fish, poised to face the world. But more than that he rarely deflected from his poise and purpose in life. Who was…
Scrappy winter lingered on till Hopes of spring withered silently, Daffodils became an erstwhile memory, Greenery a mythology. Before winter life scuffed on laboriously, Each day hung on the…
When a big chinar tree falls to ground it creates a stir in the air and a rumble in the ground. People inevitably are drawn to the site to…
Why is eternity so important in human life? What is it? Eternity is infinite time or timelessness or cessation of time. A man wants to reach to a…
When Gorajigri greeted you you felt a flush of affection, nostalgia, and excitement. For her people were everything that was supreme in life. She was long-suffering, serene, and,…
Today is the eighth anniversary of Mummy’s passing away. Had she remained alive she would have been ninety-five years old. Time in its ever-widening wake leaves memories like islands…
On several recent visits to Kashmir Valley my friends urged me to visit Patnitop, located in the adjoining province of Jammu, but I would reject the suggestion on the…
Note: This essay is a response to the essay “Uncertainty in Mathematics” indicated below, Mathematics is a man-made system of knowledge; even though it is based on some experience…