WHY IS KRISHN BLACK ?

THIS IS PURE FICTION Imagine Bali’s son discussing with Sugriv’s son, the plight of their country, after it was subjugated by the Aryan north. Bin Bali :      Our fathers failed to antcipate the events to come. In the epic  Ramayana, they call us monkeys ! How shameful. Bin Sugriv : They  got renegades like Hanuman and [...]

MY LIFE – CS (CHANDRASEKHARA) PURAM VILLAGE

I had fever, something I used to ignore, but this time it refused to leave me, even after seveal days. My wife and our neighbours persuade me to approach a doctor in a christian institution, I am not certain whether it was a church, near our quarter at Shirwad, where  a nun doctor examined me [...]

A QUERY – WAS KRISHNA BLACK?

Yes, of course. The word in Samskritam means black. Actually it is Krishn, without the last letter a. There is one more black person in Mahabharata, Krishna, meaning black woman, the common wife of the Pandavas, five brothers. She is  called Draupaty. There is some mysterious connection between these two blackies. But for them, there [...]

THROW AWAY THE NEW BORN BABY – HOW CRUEL….

I used to cut out interesting photos from daily newspapers. Of course, I wanted to make an album, but am too lazy to do it.  One is that of  a goat, allowing a new born tiger cub to suck its milk.  It is the maternal instinct. But for this noble feeling, I won’t be typing this, [...]

MY LIFE – RE-EMPLOYED IN KONKAN RLY

LEISURE During the interregnum, between retirement and re-employment, I got a chance to live in the country side and learn about rural life and customs. The Kannadigas, as the people of Karnataka are called, are a lovable, emotional people, very friendly to strangers,courteous and polite. Once I asked something in Hindi, to a group of [...]

IN THE NAME OF SECURITY

 There are watchmen everywhere, are they of any use? The fellow in the bank can’t prevent robbery. His gun may be useless. Is it loaded? Even otherwise, CAN HE FACE THREE ARMED MEN? The watcmen in our housing society  is useful to some extent. But, how can he verify whether the vsitor is entering the correct address [...]

MY LIFE – GOOD BYE TO GOVERNMENT SERVICE 6.5.59 TO 31.10.1992

UNEMPLOYMENT During the farewell party, our Chief Project Engineer, Paramahans Tiwari, said that he can confidently approve any paper, if it has been concurred in by me! My heart swelled, as though I recived a National Award !  What a change from the attitude of M.S.R.Sarma, who blocked my promotion for, as long as he [...]

MY LIFE – KAIGA-4 RETIREMENT FROM SERVICE

The two years I spent at Kaiga project were uneventful, smooth like the Kali river. Here the river bed is level, up to the sea. Instead of a flow, the river water level undergoes ups and downs, according to the tidal movement of the sea.  This is more or less true of the other rivers [...]

MY ENCOUNTER WITH THE CAMEL

I was walking leisurely along the forest road in Rajasthan. It was about nine in the morning. At some distance, I saw a  camel belonging to a farmer, running wild. Normally, these creatures are very docile and lethargic, but occasionally, they get enraged and bite the hand of the owner, causing severe injury. I became [...]

MY LIFE – KAIGA-3- KARWAR SHOULD BE DEVELOPED AS A TOURIST SPOT

Jog falls are the greatest water falls in India. It is near the town Gersopa, in Karnataka state, lat.14 degr. north, longt. 74 degr. east (aprox.), Honavar being the nearest coastal town. The name of the Sharavati river is not available in the  school atlas. This river originates in the Deccan plateau(I am not sure.), [...]