The Walkers – by Vivek Bhasin
The Walkers … when he walks across roads, pastures, mires, hills, slopes, valleys, ravines … on small narrow paths he walks over roots of trees standing erect swaying to the wind .. He trods on pine cones, green moss, slippery grass and sharp stones passing small bushes of blueberries.. that taste of yesterday.. He hears […]
More than anger – Vivek Bhasin
More than anger – such is life mate.. huh?? Our Year of 2020 … as we entered 2020 rumours were initial yet we celebrated keeping everything aside not knowing that we would be robbed swindled blown away… .. you might say such is life .. it’s the second time coming and we were caught in […]
An Old Schoolboy
1943 to 1947 includes 5 years of my school life in Simla. (Two years in Preparatory School in Chota Simla). Now an Octogenarian does sum up many years ago. Strangely enough its indelible imprint on my life leave clusters of fond memories. Born a Christian of British parentage out in India I have always classed […]
The Missing Sibling & The Saga Of Kartoo – two writings by Gurrinder [Indi] Khanna
The Missing Sibling While born in Simla, the entire formative years of our son Madhav till he went off to a boarding school, were on an estate in Upper Assam. The upshot was that Madhav naturally grew up with and adopted the ‘garden Hindi’ as his mother tongue. A language which I describe as the […]
A few more – from Suresh Sethi
COVID-19 Krishna, I know you love to show off your magical powers— To bring massive upheavals on this earth: And then justify them with your old excuse— ‘ I have to reduce the burden of Mother Earth’. Hence the great war of Mahabharata; Followed by countless, wars, floods and famines— And now Covid-19, Your […]
Take me….by Himār Arjun Singh
A small poem – just some random thoughts on a late evening – my ode to the beautiful mountains of Himachal. Take me…. By Himār Arjun Singh OC 95 | Curzon | Roll No. 291 Economist & Head, Public Policy at Bharti Enterprises Take me…. Take me to the mountains for I am burdened since […]
Batch of ‘04 – from Raghav Kumar
Hi Folks, Hope you doing well! This would be my 1st mail to you. It’s been 16 years since my batch and I, have passed out of school and life has taken us to various places. My batch created a small whatsapp group, so that we can all be in touch. This year has been […]
Sharing some BCS memories – Rohan Charanji [Curzon 2006]
Hi there Sharing some images I have with me. From my dad Ravi Charanji 69 and me Rohan Charanji 06 Thanks and be well
Some thoughts from an OC – Suresh Sethi 1961-66
Suresh Sethi E-mail: sureshsethi49@yahoo.co.in My poems have been published in: Poetry, Australia : Australia Five Poets Magazine Journal Of South Asian Literature:USA The Canadian Forum : Canada Queens’s Quarterly : Canada The New Quest : India Indian Literature : Sahitaya Academy–India The Penguin Book Of Indian Poetry: India 2012 Signatures : National Book Trust […]
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