A Letter from the common man to Damini – The Delhi Rape Victim.This letter will probably never reach you, Damini. And if by chance it does, I hope when you’re feeling a little better, you read it.Outside your room in the hospital, outside the corridors smelling of medicine, outside the operating theaters, the worldis crumbling.… Continue reading
Category: India
Dhanteras, Diwali and India!
The festival is here! Diwali, the festival of Lights, the festival of wealth, prowess and what-not has come down knocking here in India once again. The norm of many over here is to ‘purchase’ – spend lavish amounts on all types of acts like buying jewellery, burning lakhs on crackers, sarees, dining in the most costly… Continue reading
Misdeeds of Gandhiji
I recently read this book Gandhiji’r Apokormo (Misdeeds of Gandhiji). It’s just around a 150-page book so anyone who truly wants to know the truth behind the Mahatma character can grab it by a mere hundred rupees. A Bengali book though – there may be english versions available like ‘White Tiger’. I had earlier written on Gandhiji – here. I’m… Continue reading
My India
1) Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind. The father of medicine, Charaka, consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago – Ayurveda originated from India. 2) The World’s first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University… Continue reading
On my Part
The Telegraph reports for the past two days have left me musing over a couple of thoughts, that I’d like to share. In this context the article today on ‘Open-Book Tests’ is something over which I’ve thought for some time in the past. Even I’ve written one post here on our education system of the… Continue reading