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August 19, 2018

Heroes and villains

It’s a pity that the heroes of one community are often villains for the other in history books. So is it in the contemporary world. Habitually ill-groomed, ethnocentric and non-inclusive human mindset blocking internalisation, are the core of this global problem.

August 17, 2018

Rest in peace, Your Excellency!

One of my wonderful memories with Shri Atal Behari Vajpayee, the Hon’ble Prime Minister,as he spoke a few words before moving over to Pakistan side of Hussainiwala border on his way to Lahore on a peace mission. His aura will for ever remain fresh in my mind. Rest in peace, Sir.

August 15, 2018

Long Live Atal Ji

Penned on Aug 15, 2018 Shri Atal Behari Vajpayee is a living legend. I had the rare honour of having face to face official interactions with him a number of times in Delhi and Punjab, and realised without any shadow of doubt that he belongs to the league of greatest Indians. Grace, dignity, decency and […]

December 10, 2016

Do not exaggerate your reactions

It’s not wise to exaggerate your own reactions. In my long career, I have noticed that across the professions, successful people have been sober, and have adhered to the golden principle – No response, diluted response, delayed response. It’s good to quietly hold on to the fundamentals with a firm grip, and not dance around […]

December 10, 2016

A Pawn Wakes Up Yet Again

A pawn wakes up yet again to play the nature’s game of dusk and dawn, of autumn and spring, of summer and winter, of happiness and sorrow, of life and death! Live through the day, And live it if you may, With love to all who play, And not a thought astray. Dr Sandeep Chhatwal […]

August 28, 2016

THE SENSE OF RUMOUR

There were times people had ‘sense of humour’, There are times people have ‘sense of rumour’ ! Inspired by : “Upon my tongue continual slanders ride, The which in every language I pronounce, Stuffing the ears of man with false reports.” William Shakespeare (KHIV.p2.introduction)

May 15, 2016

The Art Of…….being natural

I want to laugh, I want to cry. I want to feel good, I want to feel bad. I want to love, I want to hate. I want to enjoy, I want to suffer. I want friends, I want enemies. I want to curse, I want to praise. I want to read, I want to […]

April 28, 2016

NOSTALGIC FIND

Felt nostalgic to find in Panjab University electronic catalogue my grandfather Professor Paras Ram Kaushal’s reference as author of some commemoration volumes titled ‘Essays presented to Sir Jadunath Sarkar’.

June 7, 2011

International Women’s Day – A day of pensive introspection :...

*Dr Anita Kaushal, Ph.D is Dean & Associate Professor in Post Graduate Government College for Girls, Sec 11, Chandigarh. A first class post graduate Gold Medalist in English, her doctoral research “Anticipations of Feminism – Exploration of the Feminine Psyche in the works of Fanny Burney, Jane Austen and George Eliot” lead to award of […]

February 19, 2011

Should the manifesto be made justiciable?

Manifestoes have increasingly been used in the recent past for seeking votes by promising moon to the electors. It is perhaps the tyranny of the electorate that compels the political parties indulge in abrasive display of one-upmanship in offering sop after sop with no holds barred. There is no provision in our laws to ensure […]