Author: Alka

I was watching a demonstration on T.V. being held by the people from North Eastern India. They were demanding equal treatment from their Northern counterparts. To be treated equally, humanely and with dignity. Not like, “Ye Bahadur kahan se aa gaya or ye Chinki…..â€? This shows our level of intolerance. We can’t digest little differences… Continue reading Respecting Differences

‘Legislature-Is-Under-Threat’ ————————————————- At least 18 people facing serious criminal charges, including the alleged mastermind behind the leak of papers for entrance tests to management institutes, are contesting the parliamentary elections from Bihar.â€? Or from booth capturers? Or from rigging? Or from antisocial elements? Or from those who manipulate electronic voting machines? Or from those who… Continue reading Great Leaders

I often felt confused and had to resist a temptation to laugh whenever I saw a particular scene in any movie, where the hero is holding soil in his hand and pontificating to anyone in the vicinity saying “Mere Desh ki mitti…” I too could not decipher those Sanskrit “shlokas” mentioning “This body is made… Continue reading Mere Desh Ki Dharati…

I was reading an article in “The Asian Ageâ€? . Its OP-ED Page’s headline “It’s official, men don’t like to marry high IQ womenâ€? caught my attention. The writer claimed to notice the trend how “powerful men took up with the young women whose job it was to tend to them and care for them… Continue reading Men don’t like to marry high IQ women

I was cribbing and cursing Everything. The weather, the concrete jungle The lack of flora and fauna. I was silently grieving for My loss of space, people and self-respect, patch of greenery, my pond, my trees, my sky! I never acquainted a place, Where sky was visible in Ugly patches. You have to travel extra… Continue reading Digging and Discovering