Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;Where knowledge is free;Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls;Where words come out from the depth of truth;Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert […]
Entries Tagged as 'india'
Let My Country Awake
August 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: india · lifeslice · memories · poetry
Ashish and Kamayani
January 21st, 2008 · No Comments
Ashish told me that Kamayani and he are moving to Bihar to work fulltime on social/economic issues. This couple never ceases to amaze me. They left their luxurious life in the USA and returned back to India to enable Kamayani to pursue social activism. Even in the USA, I remember these two people participate at the […]
Tags: bangalore · friends · india · lifeslice · photos · poetry
News from the North East
October 2nd, 2007 · No Comments
Arijit Sen writes,
It’s a baseball run that’s crossing continents like never before. Almost unknown to the rest of India, Imphal has been nurturing baseball dreams for its 20 clubs and planning to build India’s first baseball park.
Mr. Sen is one of those rare breed of young tele-journos with regional speciality. For Arijit, it’s the North-East, […]
Tags: friends · india · you prolly heard it first here
Sir, mineral water or regular ?
August 15th, 2007 · 1 Comment
The first question the waiter asks you at any table inside a Bangalore restaurant, “Sir mineral water or regular?” A tacit implication is thrown at you — are you going to risk your health for a paltry few bucks more ? A simple choice becomes an indicator of your preferences and beliefs. Your social stature.
The […]
Tags: consumer · environment · india · politics