Jinhen Naaz Hai Hind Pe Woh Kahan Hain?
Jinhen Naaz Hai Hind Pe Woh Kahan Hain?We are celebrating the 75th anniversary of our Independence on August 15 this year. We the people of India are here – Jinhen Naaz Hai Hind Pe. This poetic...
View ArticleGlimpses of my short trip to Pune
Glimpses of my short trip to PuneOn the invitation of Social Studies Foundation (SSF) of Pune, I visited Pune from August 13-15. It was memorable visit about which I would make a detailed report in...
View ArticleA Memorable Trip to Pune
A Memorable Trip to PuneIn my last blog, I gave some glimpses of my trip to Pune on August 13-15 and promised to write a detailed report of my memorable trip to Pune. I visited Pune on the kind...
View ArticleMinar-e-Begampura at Khuralgarh Sahib
Minar-e-Begampura at Khuralgarh SahibI wrote about the Guru Ravidass memorabilia at Khuralgarh Sahib (Village Khurali) in Tehsil Garhshankar of Dstrict Hoshiarpur in Punjab in my blog on April 22,...
View ArticleAmbedkar College at Bootan Mandi Jalandhar
Ambedkar College at Bootan Mandi Jalandhar It is a matter of great satisfaction that the proposal of having a college in Bootan Mandi Jalandhar, the deemed capital of the dalits in...
View ArticleGreetings on Teachers Day – September 5
Greetings on Teachers Day – September 5In India, we observe and celebrate Teachers Day on September 5, the birth anniversary of President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, a great teacher and philosopher of...
View ArticleAs I Please – The Bits and Pieces
As I Please – The Bits and PiecesCareer and Business Consultant Ahsanul Haq – With Ahsanul HaqLast week, my old acquaintance with Ahsanul Haq Sahib was revived with a friendly visit of Haq Sahib to my...
View ArticleFrom Servitude to Freedom – A Book Review
From Servitude to Freedom – A Book ReviewSome years ago, one of my friends, Ambassador Bal Anand forwarded a book in PDF format: From Servitude to Freedom - Autobiographical and Philosophical...
View ArticleIt is time to remind – Someone may listen
It is time to remind – Someone may listenThis is the 7th UNGA annual session to be held in New York since June, 2015 when proposal to declare, under the aegis of the UN, April 14, birth anniversary...
View ArticleCM Charanjit Singh Channi – Some candid observations of a novice
CM Charanjit Singh Channi – Some candid observations of a noviceIt is a matter of gratification that Sardar Charanjit Singh Channi has become the Chief Minister of Punjab – Der Ayat Daroost Ayet. On...
View ArticleA False Alarm – International Day of Equality
A False Alarm – International Day of EqualityPM Narendra Modi’s address at the UNGA at New York on September 25 instant has prompted me to write again on the International Day of Equality immediately...
View ArticleMy Fellow BootanMandian – IAS Babita Kler
My Fellow BootanMandian – IAS Babita Kler I have been writing in my blogs about such mundane matters like my fellow BootanMandians not that they know me very well or like me or dislike me in my...
View ArticleSilent Burial of Affirmative Action – Reservation for Scheduled Castes
Silent Burial of Affirmative Action – Reservation for Scheduled CastesIt seems the ruling outfits of the day have decided consciously and rather willfully to give a silent burial to the affirmative...
View ArticleIn the line of duty – Paying back to the society
In the line of duty – Paying back to the societyI am a retired diplomat, back to my roots in Jalandhar after a long 40 years of service. The purpose of my coming back to Jalandhar was to engage myself...
View ArticleMera Jiwan Safar – Ambedkar Mission Ki Rah Per – Book Review
Mera Jiwan Safar – Ambedkar Mission Ki Rah Per – Book ReviewMera Jiwan Safar – Ambedkar Mission Ki Rah Per - is the Hindi version of Kartar Chand Sulekh’s (July, 1927) autobiographical account...
View ArticleThe Bits and Pieces – As I Please
The Bits and Pieces – As I PleaseMala Ke Teen Moti – I heard of a pamphlet issued by Pritam Ramdaspuri, a staunch Ambedkarite and a poet of standing and also one of my fellow BootanMandians but could...
View ArticleMy pleasure to be at the Punjab Raj Bhawan at Chandigah
My pleasure to be at the Punjab Raj Bhawan at ChandigahDuring the course of my functional duties in the IFS and Ministry of External Affairs, I have had several opportunities to be at the first house...
View ArticleNovember 26 – Constitution Day
November 26 – Constitution DayWe observe November 26 as the Constitution Day, the day on which our Constitution was finally “adopted, enacted and given to ourselves’ by the Constituent Assembly in...
View ArticleThe Bits and Pieces – As I Please
The Bits and Pieces – As I Please1. Antim Ardas for Smt. Bishan Kaur ChumberMy friend Prem Chumber, Editor-in-Chief of the esteemed Weeklies, The Ambedkar Times and The Desh Doaba of California...
View ArticleKewal Vig Awards – 2021
Kewal Vig Awards – 2021As usual every successive year, Kewal Awards are held on December 4 in the memory of Shri Kewal Vig, a journalist and social activist of his own standing and founder Editor of...
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