Papaji was no more..............the news was communicated all through via telephone....We made several calls to our relatives, near and dear ones informing them of the fate of Papaji.........who came all the way from India to die in US. US, they say, is land of dreams, I could not agree to that. I was busy making calls and calming dowm mummy and chuttoo was busy making calls for the treatment of the deadbody. Collecting nos of the crematoriums from the hospital, ringing them up, finding exact locations etc etc....and then the priest....and his friends started gathering around the room just within 20-25 minutes, it was Saturday, so they must have been relatively freee...Jennifer asked me who are they, first i said my brother's friends and then I corrected myself and told her, they are all my brothers, she was amused on this. May be this was an unusual sight for her to see so many people (around 30)with a deadbody. The task of taking the body from the hospital to the funeral home wa...
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It was around 12 noon of 26th July, I posted an entry on this blog. I chatted with Bholu and mentioned that I am looking at my father who is struggling with life.... Chuttoo was going home to freshen up, I asked mummy also to go, but she was not willing to go but I insisted that it would be better if she takes bath etc and comes back to the hospital freshed up. She agreed to accompany chuttoo. I was alone in the hospital Room no 770 with Papaji. Chuttoo's friend Prasad visited the hospital, we talked and he told me that he met papaji when they reahed Atlanta. He went back after some time. I touched papaji's forehead, it was warm, so I thought of putting wet cloth there and kept putting it. He was breathing slowly, his eyes were wide open. I tried to give him rest by closing his eyes but he was able to move them back and kept them open. His breathing further slowed down. I looked around for Jennifer, she wasnt in her room, I came back to the room and stood beside pa...
I reached Atlanta on 23rd evening at 6:30 pm (local time)from New York by Delta flight. I was very anxious to meet my father who suffered a brain stroke on 12th of this month while he was with chuttoo (my yougest brother). After looking to his critical position in the hospital (WellStar Kennestone Hospital) while he was in ICU, I was speechless, I never thought of meeting him in this position, he was struggling with himself. He recognized me, blinked his eyes, cried, without making any sound, moved his eyeballs, left to right, right to left. The nurses have been nice, keeping him comfortable and taking proper care. Mummy was all in tears. We dont know the future. What is going to happen in the next moment, no one can predict. We never dreamt of this condition, situation. Life has it all, we experience ups and downs all through life. It provides us with great learning experiences, every moment we live, we need to live thinking that tomorrow is the last day of my life....Let me...
The era of globalization, privatization and liberalization has witnessed drastic change in education, educational institutions and education systems. As economy is unfolding opportunities year after year, management education is experiencing a boom in its growth horizontally. Last 60 years of commerce education has somehow provided a ground for development of management and other ancillary subjects. Management, accounting, finance, banking, transport, trade, insurance are some such areas which surround commerce. They have developed their own territory in isolation with commerce as a broader umbrella. However, management and finance have been there in different shapes and a lot of literature has been created in these areas. These practicing subjects have sounded the practitioners a noise of dissonance and developed their syllabi as competing subjects. This has resulted in deterioration of commerce education in India. The rat-race of responding to market forces by different acade...
I heard of a theft at Defence Colony, New Delhi in the last week. The thieves (domestic help) took away valuables worth more than 80 Lac Rupees, leaving the owner of the house sleeping.......Fortunately I know this family.....and we were to call them Buaji and Foofaji. We have known them for last 30+ years. A family we envied a lot, that time this family was in Tanzania, they use to come to India, once a year or so and that was a time for us to know each other, interact, play some indoor games etc etc. as they had two sons more or less of the age of myself and my elder brother. The news of their planned arrival was in itself something to be looked on for us. And when they use to reach, we anxiosly use to wait for an opportunity to see their toys, the belongings, clothes etc etc. When I heard of this theft, I looked back in history, my childhood days and the moments when except the gender and age, there was no other point where we could match these two young boys, who are both settl...
17th convocation at NEHU Shillong We had the convocation today. Prof SD Tendulkar (Chairman, National Statistical Commission and a renowned economist) was the Chief Guest. Prof Andre Bettalie, Chancellor of NEHU, presided the ceremony. Mr MM Jacab, former Governor of Meghalaya, was given honoris causa doctorate degree. The Chief Minister, DD Lapang was also present during the ceremony. Prof Bettalie spoke about university system and the need of inclusive approach. He expressed that it is important for the univeristies to come out of just certification mode.
I am posting on this blog after a long time. There are many issues on which I would like to express my concern. 1. Politisation of Nithari Village incident - The act as a whole is a shameful one. I do not want to get in details of the act as such, it is heinous and criminal to society and the accused does not deserve any leniency on the part of the court. What is shocking to me is that the political parties are busy designing strategies to derive a political mileage out of this. All major parties have visited the victims, criticised the government for worst law and order conditions, demanded that the compensation be raised, etc etc. It is all because elections are due in UP. Having all the sympathies with the family members of the victims, I wonder can it be compensated??? at all. The UP Govt announced Rs 2 Lac first, after that raised it to Rs 5 Lac and now the chief minister says, a plot of land would be given to the family members of the victims. It is shameful. I would like...