Category: Nature-Adventure
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GOA – GOING, GOING, GONE?
Going, going, gone – is what an auctioneer says before bringing down the mallet to seal a bid. Outside the IPL auctions, this action is rarely seen today. However, I am familiar with this process because my family was in this business from 1858 to 1988. My Uncle Stan, who was blessed with the gift…
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ORCHHA – SYMBOL OF COMMUNAL HARMONY
Chances are that a lot of travellers, even in India, have not heard of Orchha. It is about 25 kms from Jhansi, but in the neighbouring State of M.P. Its heyday, as the capital of the Bundela kingdom, was co-terminus with the reign of the Mughal Emperor Akbar in Agra, about 200 kms due north….
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BROTHER NEEM
# chhotebhai Brother Neem You must be a hundred years old Standing sentinel before our ancestral home. My earliest memory of you As a little child Was of fear. You were so big and dense So the servants kept us Children at bay. Snakes could be lurking there. Still I remember The joy of discovery…
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ROLLER COASTER
A roller coaster ride can throw one upside down or side to side. Not meant for the faint hearted. After my daughter was born 38 years ago, this was probably the first time that I was travelling out of my hometown Kanpur for more than 10 days. It was a roller coaster ride through 3…
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COASTAL COLLATERAL
(A sequel to “Roller Coaster”) In war, and even out of it, those who resort to aerial bombardment use the term “collateral damage” to explain away the loss of innocent lives, or destruction of non-military targets; as is now happening in Gaza. It is a convenient justification, or escape route, for what should be classified…