Had the opportunity of witnessing Pt Ravi Shankar's performance accompanied by his daughter Anoushka in Siri Fort Auditorium long back. Now a video of her solo performance :-
Jan 26, 2017
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Jul 21, 2015
BRITAIN OWES ITS FORMER COLONIES REPARATIONS
One of the most erudite MPs from India making a strong case in the debate at the Oxford Union Society debate.
The tone, tenor, confidence, poise, wit, humour and last but not the least 'Delivery'
SPELLBINDING !!!
Jul 12, 2015
WISHES FOR THE JOURNEY AHEAD
I wrote this poem for my son, on the eve of his departure for his higher studies in Management a few days ago:
The bundle of joy born
in the nineties
Taller than his dad in
his twenties.
How we look back upon
the days gone by
He
is and will remain the apple of our eye.
That complete surrender
to the embrace of his dad
Confident that his arms
are as protective as can be had.
That there can’t be a
bed, cosier than Mom’s lap
The touch and feel of
his body so tender
Would
arouse such emotions was indeed a wonder.
It’s amazing how time
has flown
How the little one has
grown.
Taller than his dad,
not so innocent any more.
Exposed to the elements
and the big bad world
Our
arms are too small for him to lay curled.
Now he leaves for his
professional learning
May Goddess Saraswati
unto him shower her blessing.
May the Almighty give
unto him
More
than we could, through thick and thin.
Go my boy and face the
world
Battle all odds and for
the record
Let it be known to the
world at large
That you have it in you
to lead the charge
Towards happiness and
success, in that order
Grab all the glory that
lies ahead and yonder.
Jun 13, 2015
THE WAY OF THE KNIFE
In a clear
departure from past practices, the Govt authorized the Indian armed forces to
launch an attack on terrorist camps outside its boundary. Kudos to the Indian Army and the Air Force
for a sterling display of professionalism and jointmanship. However, if such an
action needs to be repeated, the militants are unlikely to be taken by surprise
and own casualties may become inevitable. PM Modi rightly stated that he would
not accept Indian casualties anywhere in the world. Thus if Indians fall prey
to terrorists outside our own country, a repeat of such actions may also be
inevitable.
Mark Mazzetti
in his book ‘The Way of the Knife’
has brought out how the Americans have been using killer drones and
special forces to deadly effect all across the globe. Operations using drones
ensure min loss of life to our own forces, while inflicting maximum damage to
the terrorists. In the long term if India wants to assert its hegemony in the
subcontinent as also dissuade our not so friendly neighbours from stoking the
fires of Jehad or militancy, it is imperative that Unmanned Aerial Vehicles(UAVs)
be used for the destruction of training camps, hideouts and other militant infrastructure.
Technically, it may be possible that such action be initiated from within our
own territory. Though use of ground forces cannot be ruled out altogether,
maximum use of UAVs will certainly minimize losses and ensure morale is not
adversely affected.
While we may have got away with our
transgression into a nieghbouring sovereign state in Myanmar, a similar action
in Pakistan would raise the risk many notches. With Pakistan, the risk of
further escalation would be too great to be hazarded. The need therefore of
acquiring the capability of carrying out surgical strikes into enemy territory
either through drones or a combination of ground troops and UAVs is
inescapable. Such strikes though a transgression into foreign soil might just
pass as a 26/11 type attack and thus, might just be worth the risk.
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