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Bits and Pieces – As I please – 8
Bits and Pieces – As I please – 8Diksha Day at Jalandhar– October 14, Diksha Day, the day when Babasaheb Ambedkar embraced Buddhism in 1956, an epoch making event in the history of India was celebrated...
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Father Mere Puttran De
Father Mere Puttran De Prof. Sarita Tiwari has written the book “Father Mere Puttran De” about her loving husband Prof. Virainder Kumar Tiwari, an intellectual, educationist, administrator and a social...
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Ambedkar Study Corner at D.A.V. College Library
Ambedkar Study Corner at D.A.V. College LibraryD.A.V. College Jalandhar, my alma mater, is a premier educational institution of the region for the last 100 years. Today, October 28, yet another feather...
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Ambedkar College at Bootan Mandi, Jalandhar
Ambedkar College at Bootan Mandi, Jalandhar The residents of Bootan Mandi, my native place, and also that of the other nearby areas have been clamoring for a girls college in the vicinity of these...
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Doaba College Jalandhar
Doaba College JalandharDoaba College Jalandhar is one of the leading educational institutions in the Doaba region of Punjab. It recently celebrated its platinum jubilee after 75 years of its existence....
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Indira Gandhi - A Humble Tribute
Indira Gandhi - A Humble TributeToday, November 19, is the birth centenary of PM Indira Gandhi (November 1917-October, 1984). I have read two excellent write ups today on Indira Gandhi by my very...
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Greetings on the Constitution Day
Greetings on the Constitution DayToday, November 26, is the Constitution Day, the third, since its inception in November, 2015, as one of the events to commemorate the 125th birth anniversary of...
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Bits and Pieces – As I please – 9
Bits and Pieces – As I please – 9Kashmir Issue – Kashmiri leader Farooq Abdullah is grabbing the headlines these days for his said-to-be provocative and anti-national statements on POK. Farooq Abdullah...
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Bits and Pieces – As I Please – 10
Bits and Pieces – As I Please – 10Sant Surinder Dass Bawa:- I was at the residence of Prof. Balbir Chander, my brother-in-law (Jijaji) for a pre-marriage ceremony of my niece (Bhanji) Priya, on...
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Sardar Swaran Singh
Sardar Swaran Singh One of my colleagues in the IFS has circulated an E-mail message of the daughter of Sardar Swaran Singh about interesting anecdotes pertaining to EAM Sardar Swaran Singh. I am a...
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Bits and Pieces – As I Please – 11
Bits and Pieces – As I Please – 11Rahul Gandhi– Rahul Gandhi, 47, is a scion of the Nehru-Gandhi clan, a known family of India with a long legacy of Motilal Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi,...
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Congratulations to ISRO
Congratulations to ISROHearty congratulations to Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and its scientists on its successful launch of PSLVC-40 – Cartosat 2 on January 12, 2018. It was its 100th...
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Judicial Muddle – Constitutional Perspective
Judicial Muddle – Constitutional Perspective The on-going judicial muddle unleashed by the unprecedented public out-cry of the four senior most judges of the Supreme Court of India against the Chief...
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Down the Memory Lane – Guru Ravidass Jayanti
Down the Memory Lane – Guru Ravidass JayantiBootan Mandi is a non-descript mohalla of Jalandhar which is considered as the capital and nerve centre of dalit consciousness and empowerment. It is my...
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Dalit Assertion in Punjab and Guru Ravidass
Dalit Assertion in Punjab and Guru RavidassAfter my retirement from a diplomatic career in December, 2010, I came back to my roots in Jalandhar. With a view to keep myself abreast with the community...
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Begumpura International Business Conclave
Begumpura International Business ConclaveScheduled Caste Entrepreneur Empowerment Forum (SCEEF) - an organization, still in its infancy, organized its 1st Begumpura International Business Conclave,...
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Bits and Pieces – As I Please – 12
Bits and Pieces – As I Please – 12Spiritual Tourism and Guru Ravidass – Indian society is multi-cultural and multi-religious. Caste consciousness has tended to make various communities do something to...
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Re-visited: International Day of Equality
Re-visited: International Day of EqualityI have been writing about the International Day of Equality, my proposal to declare April 14, the birthday of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, as the International Day of...
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National SC & ST Hub – Empowerment of SC & ST Entrepreneurs
National SC & ST Hub – Empowerment of SC & ST Entrepreneurs The National SC/ST Hub has been set up to provide professional support to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Entrepreneurs with view...
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Bits and Pieces – As I Please – 13
Bits and Pieces – As I Please – 13Grammar of Anarchy – Butshikni - It is a matter of remorse and worry, of late, some anti-social and misguided lot have again started a dangerous game of removing,...
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