‘एक बनारसी’ की दुनिया,,,

मैं एक बनारसी हूँ । एक बनारसी में महादेव शिव का औघड़पन है, पर साथ ही टेक्नॉलजी का त्रिशूल एवं कमंडल भी है। हम बनारसियों को सपनों की गुदगुदी अच्छी लगती है, पर यथार्थ की सख़्ती का एहसास भी है। हमारे गणित में जीवन की विविधताओं का रंग है, साथ ही जो निर्जीव है उसमें…

Resetting Humanity – through its transactions..

There have been flood of intellectual opinions on different aspects of how COVID-19 is going to change the world, ranging from work culture to economic models, the role of technology and so on. Comparison have been drawn with some of the earlier crisis in history and how human coped up. Many have attempted to instill…

Kaal Chakra!

Did it really happen? Yes it did, the warmth of the blood sprinkling out of my intestine just made an impression on my senses to acknowledge that the acquaintance with a bullet is no more restricted to a cinematic experience but my body has just been subjected to it. Pain is still in queue to…

I’d Rather Be….that ‘Wanderer’!

I ordered my third Chai (tea) in just about an hour while I was sitting on the stairs beside Pappu chiwala (chai seller) on Assi Ghat. The Ganga arati was just over and the crowd had started dispersing. The constant buzzing of people’s chit chat, the sound of water waves, the rhythmic Sanskrit Shloka chants of the Vedic students from the…

That Extra Chromosome which makes her ‘Out of the World’!

“The earth, together with all of its countries and people”, is what Oxford dictionary has to say about the word “World”. The ‘Earth’ represents the external gaze to this spherical entity hanging in the Universe, while ‘World’ is a perception from within (an inside out look). ‘Perception’, because it provides the flexibility to extend it…

The ‘Face’ called Wisdom…in the crowd of Beliefs!

If I am able to see and recognize “Faces” around, it affirms that I have eyes. If I have eyes to see, brain to observe, mind to think, heart to feel, and ways to express, it only confirms that “I” exist. If I exist, I must be wearing a worldly identity. A worldly identity assures…

Bhojpuri, Saree and the Chappal!!

Now even I started  worrying of the possibility of failing to make it in time.This was my first trip to Delhi from Varanasi since the source station has been changed from Varanasi Cantt to Manduadih  station, which has not only shorten the distance of station from my home but relieved us from enormous Banarasi peak traffic. In the…

My Vivekananda Moment!

The ‘Uber’ application popped up the booked cab details. The name of the driver was interesting, ‘Nek’. While I was struggling to button my shirt in a rush, my mind afforded to spend little time to acknowledge the uniqueness of this name. The first impression which flashed in my mind was, it is ‘Nick’ and…