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History: The Much Condemned Subject
History: The Much Condemned Subject I once came across an article written by a professor of Mathematics who argued passionately that History is a useless subject. His main argument was that there is no use in wasting time studying things that happened in the past as the past was dead and gone. I have often […]
Television Thirty-Five Years Back
Television When I Was A Kid There was a time when the common television set was not as ubiquitous as it is now. Thirty five years back, it was considered a status symbol in middle class families to have a television set or a refrigerator at home. I watched my first television program when I was in […]
Train Travel Thirty-Five Years Back
Train Travel When I Was A Kid I wonder whether the younger generation is aware of what it was like to travel by trains in India thirty-five to forty years back. What it was like not to have instant ticket booking services like IRCTC and not being able to book train tickets in a hurry […]
The Decline Of The Printed Word
The Decline Of The Printed Word In this modern age when a tech savvy populace has taken up wholesomely to the internet and the television set, newspapers have definitely taken a back seat. Be that as it may I firmly believe that the decline of the written word is definitely a reflection of the state of […]
Wonder How The Universe Was Created
Theme – How the universe was created.Mysteries of the Universe On a dark starry moonlit night, when I look at the stars in the twilight, twinkling wondrously from infinite height, shining like beautiful little pin-points of light. The shining moon and the starry Venus, and the bright red planet Mars, the plethora of beautiful and […]
For The Terminally Ill
Theme – Praising the undying spirit of a terminally ill patient.Spare a thought for the terminally ill Spare a thought! Spare a thought! For those of us who have’nt got a lot, of days and nights left to live, but who still have a lot to give. Riding in the valley of death, Days and nights […]
On Human Emotions
Theme – Describing human emotions. On Human Emotions Anger, thy name is like a curse, you cause such profound distress, causing grievance and spreading dislike, in both men and women alike. Sorrow, you fill the heart with agony, making the soul cry in disharmony, causing men and women alike, to shed copious tears of woe […]
On Love And Romance
Theme – A poignant imaginary situation wherein a poet laments his un-reciprocated love for a fair young maiden. A Poet’s Muse Oh I am smitten by a fair maiden, I am bewitched by her dark wavy curls, her deep big eyes like limpid pools, shining brightly like gems and pearls. When I look at her […]
