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Farmers’ woes Part 1: Irrigation and Transportation
The place was humongous. The ground was uneven, trees and plants were planted randomly. Since, it was a full moon, it was not completely dark. But it looked scary, the shrubs, the bushes and their shadows looked like ghosts. At the extreme left, the ground was slightly more even compared to the rest. A light…
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A Gandhi always comes first; By default, without a question!!!
“What do you want to become in your life?” Every India kid has answered this question several times while growing up. The answers could have been truly diverse; doctor, engineer, lawyer, cook, actor, musician, pilot, police, sportsperson etc and even politicians. But have you ever met a kid who would say he/she wants to be…
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Population Explosion 2 – The missing ‘Aadhar’
Every sixth human being alive is of Indian origin. Every third Asian is Indian. Every year India produces babies more than the entire population of Cambodia. We are a billion more than the current US population and almost equal to China and catching up fast. Population in India increased from 330 million in 1947 to…
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Weeding the Lawn – (Article 35A)
Two decades ago when the pig had destroyed the lawn by digging, we saw another problem. Please have a look at “Who let the pigs in” to know how the pig came inside the lawn. For this article, it is just enough to know that the pig had dug up the garden pretty bad destroying…
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Who let the “Pigs” in?? (Insurgency in Kashmir)
A couple of decades ago, my dad was posted in a city-cum-village; narrow roads, no multiplexes, very little electricity, water time table etc. But we had a lawn, the one and only highlight of that place. Our neighbors had their’s too. Ours was divided in two halves. On the left was an open area with…
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The Mother of all Miseries and the Father of all Frauds
Mr. Gandhi, you, along with some other 21 good for nothing political parties started exploiting the war like situation between India and Pakistan. You are the same people who were asking about what Modi is doing about the suicide bombing in Pulwama and also the same people who were congratulating the Indian Air-force after the…
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The Unsolicited FEAR
It was around 3:30 PM everybody looked happy; Mr. I, his wife Mrs. I, their parents and their 6 year old little munchkin had recently finished a comedy movie along with tasty chai and samosa. The little one was still toying with the green peas he picked from the samosas; he does not like Green…
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Vadra is the new Ghandy!!! (Valentines Day Special)
“When it comes to success, there are no shortcuts” or “There are no shortcuts to any place worth going to” are some of the quotes I was regularly exposed to while growing up. I took it on its face value and always did the right thing, no shortcuts. Even though things moved extremely slowly but…
Infinite Sea of Opportunities 