पश्चाताप..

“Mr. Mishra, what is that one moment in your life, which you would want to go back to and change your actions”? मेलिसा ने “Meet your Leader” प्रोग्राम के अंतिम राउंड का अंतिम सवाल कम्पनी के वर्तमान में उभरते लीडर नचिकेता मिश्रा से पूछा। “माई ढप्पल कहाँ है”, गोपाल ने घर में प्रवेश करते ही…

Digitally Spiritual..

Someone told me recently, “the world is becoming atheistic in nature at a very fast pace”. “There is going to be no space for religions in near future, thanks to the new digital world, we are entering into”, he observed. Futurists across the world, seem to be in agreement that many of the current social,…

मूर्ख बना गया ना,,,

यह लगातार तीसरा सप्ताह था जब अभ्युदय देर रात दो तीन बजे तक अपने कमरे में बंद, टेलीकॉन्फ़्रेन्स में व्यस्त रहा। यह कॉंट्रैक्ट अगर ना मिला तो आगे क्या होगा, इसका अंदाज़ा भी लगाने की अनुमति उसने स्वयं को नहीं दी थी। ‘अभी’ कि आदत है, फ़ोन पर टहलते हुए बात करने की, सम्भव है…

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…

Independence Day…Really??

When I was a kid, I used to be very excited on 15th August for many reasons. The first and foremost was that magnetic & magical element in the air which made all of us feel good. It really provided sense of celebration of a kind. There was this feeling of patriotism about which I…