Allahabadi Worldview

Saturday. time: 7:30 pm venue: a very old architecture with red bricks and wooden chairs along with Teak-tables, a waiter in posh-white outfit reminding me of British era, this place is "Coffee House" in the Civil lines area of Allahabad city. . Over the corner table on my left there were two oldies sitting, not just sitting though, but sipping there coffee. complete silence, a pin-drop per say. only the crumble sound of news-paper, if at all turned. both oldies very so carried away with that news-paper article that they forgot the world around them. sudden electricity fails, one of the two said, Jyoti Babu chole geche !!!! and there was big laugh all around,,,,, i was perplexed what electricity has to do with Jyoti babu?? i asked the gentleman what he meant by that? he offered me a chair and ordered a cup of coffee for me as well. he told me that both are Bengolis and they were part of Communist movement in the late sixties and late seventies whi

Have you seen a bird???????? there are thousands of species of birds in the world and the relation between them and the human is an interesting thing to look at!!!! but the question arises is that, why the hell am i talking about the birds today instead of something which i love to write about always. answer is not trivial though!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! answer is attributed to the MRA-(Moral Re-armament) which inspired me to go through INITIATIVE OF CHANGE.! this initiative brought a sea change in me in the form of self confidence and the social acceptability!!!!!! this initiative gave me a chance to introspect and search the hidden vinny which i had lost long ago! there in the Japanese Garden i found the birds( see pic) which gave me a raw theory of life which i named as the BIRD THEORY..................................... BIRD THEORY: the first thing that attracts me towards a Bird is the "CHIRPING" of the bird, their way of jumping here and there on t