Do it yourself

Some food for thought "The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy." —Corrie Ten Boom (Dutch Author, 1892-1983) Word for the day Gabelle (n) A tax; Excise duty.   First thought this morning Travelling from Ghaziabad to NOIDA yesterday with a friend was a true revelation. The friend lives in Ghaziabad right on NH24, and works in NOIDA. He drives a total of 78kms to and from his office every day. His daily travel time ranges between 2-4hrs, besides 10-11 work hours. As I understood from him, there are more than 100 thousand people like him, who daily travel from Ghaziabad to NOIDA and Delhi. My friend does not have access to any mode of public transport from his home to office. The conversation during our two and half journey covering 39kms was obviously about the current political landscape. To begin the conservation, I asked a staple question, "who would you vote for?" "None", ...

"Wishing all readers happiness and gaiety on occasions of MAHAVIR JAYANTI and EASTER." Next post will be on Monday, 22 April 2019.   Some food for thought "We have no firm hold on any knowledge or philosophy that can lift us out of our difficulties." —Anne Sullivan (American Educator, 1866-1936) Word for the day Conlang (n) An artificially constructed language used by a group of speakers, as opposed to one that has naturally evolved such as Esperanto and Klingon.   First thought this morning Looking for some inspiring story for my story telling session in a municipal primary school, I came across this story of a brilliant woman, Ms. Krishna Yadav ( see here ). Krishna ji, hails from a small village in Western UP. Daughter of a small farmer, she never went to school and was married to a man who dropped out of school in 3rd standard. More than a decade back, economic stress and fate...