The Chief of the Army Staff or the Field Marshals do not conduct on-ground operations during a skirmish, a battle or a war, but local commanders do. Quite by design, India has chosen to ignore the heroics of such diehards, the most prominent among them being Lt.Gen. Sagat Singh of the 3rd Gorkha Rifles. Perhaps…
Category: Biographical
Maine Dil Se Kahaa
Death of a close acquaintance robs us of objectivity. Grief keeps pouring out of welled-up eyes and chokes our breaths. Attendant rituals and surrounding mourners give rise to claustrophobia. It is then that numbness sets in. Profound gloom envelops everything. Days become long and dark, nights darker and endless. Pain might heal, loss always haunts….
Robert de Nobili – An Italian Missionary in a Brahmin’s Hide
Jharkhand Jesuits run 8 ICSE schools named in honour of de Nobili. Loyola University,Chicago has a huge residential hall called de Nobili Hall at its Lake Shore campus. Who was de Nobili who has been thus honoured by fellow Christians ? This Italian Jesuit missionary used a novel method of adaptation called ‘accomodatio’…
Bravest of the Brave, JEMMIE Sleeps in a Grave
The epitaph doesn’t mention his breed. Or his colour. Or even attribute him with any valour . Only the canine’s name shines in its full glory, celebrating his challenge to a larger predator – “Jemmie, killed by a panther on 24th November, 1903.” Did he fight well ? Did he last for some minutes ?…
कॉमरेड कन्नन को नमस्ते करो !
सेक्रेड गेम्स में गुरुजी बताते हैं कि कलयुग की कालिमा सृष्टि पर पूरी तरह से छा चुकी है और अगर सतयुग के समाज की पुनर्स्थापना करनी है तो सबको बलिदान देना होगा । जिहाद,जलवायु परिवर्तन और जनसंख्या विस्फोट से झूझ रही इस दुनिया में प्रतिपल कहीं न कहीं ,किसी न किसी पर अस्तित्व का…
Daniil Medvedev – The Next US Open Champion ?
Anger seems deeply rooted inside Daniil Medvedev. Whether it comes from being born in the Yeltsin era of the Russian shame, one cannot say. Occasional venting used to give him much grief earlier. Eruptions from this man mountain of six-foot-six used to mirror Putin’s Russia – sporadic ,shocking and disruptive. In 2016, at a Challenger…
Russell Crowe as Roger Ailes- The Loudest Voice Who Built Fox News
The Loudest Voice (2019) (webseries,Hotstar) Roger Ailes was Victor Frankenstein of cable Television, just that he never expressed any regrets for unleashing Fox News upon an unsuspecting America. Here was a TV ringmaster who transformed himself into a magician , conjured right-wing clamour for war, racial supremacy, honour and greatness, and channelled conservative population’s worst…
रेजरी – घृणा का पात्र
प्रचार के दौरान मिमियाते हुए ही नहीं, आसन्न पराजय के सिर पर मंडराने से भी नहीं , उसका नासिका-क्रंदन एक अनवरत प्रक्रिया है, नेताजी को मानो वर्बल डायरिया है ।1। ज़बान करेले-सी कड़वी न होती तब भी , सूरत सड़े बैंगन-सी न होती तब भी , मन बहुत मैला ,रक्त विषैला है…
Shah Faesal-An ‘Officer-Gone-Rogue’ or Just An Opportunist Taking Leap Of Faith
Shah Faesal is free of the Indian Administrative Service, and the service is free of Shah Faesal. Both sides must be quite relieved.No longer does he need to subscribe to the quaint ‘colonial era’ Conduct Rules (as per his own tweets). No longer does he need to work for what he once derided as ‘Rapistan’…
On Pujara,Cheteshwar (Poem)
An easier calling,a simpler name, A shorter hike to taller peaks, Some flashes of moody arrogance, Moments of madness off the pitch, More Teflon, lesser concrete somewhat, Less Wally, more starry could have been, Battalions of such pretenders do exist, The sheet anchor is always on the beat ! (8) Patiently he blocks, makes ’em…
मायावी अटल (कविता)
जो हिन्दी बोल पड़ा यू एन में, भाषा का मस्तक उठा दिया , वो बस में बैठकर शांतिदूत , लाहौर तक चला गया , पोखरण में किया परीक्षण , कारगिल में लाज बचाई , तेरह दिन , तेरह महीने , फिर तीसरी सरकार बनाई , शब्द प्रयोग करता था ऐसे , मानो सटीकता का हो…
भगत सिंह से दूर रहो (एक कविता)
नाम भी मत लो भगत सिंह का, रह गया होता वह वीर जवान , तो ठोक के ठप्पा लाल रंग का , मांग लेते उससे भी प्रमाण ।1। (देशभक्ति का ) वामपंथ के नाम पर देते, जी भर-भर कर रोज़ ही गाली, , एंकाउंटर में टपका देते, बतलाकर उसको बागी-नक्सली, वह इंकलाबी नौजवान था, करता…
Abhinav Pancholi 