As pristine waters of Ganga move quietly into the foot-hill holy town Rishikesh
moment after moment amid chanting of mantras and noisy aarti , I watch the din and throb of white and saffron -clad spiritualists from across the globe on the fore-lawns and front of the Swarga Ashram and ponder over the indiscernible movement of each drop of water which persistently kisses the weather-beaten stand stones and moves over
to its onward journey to Ganga Sagar.
A line from the high school poem ”MEN MAY GO AND MEN MAY COME BUT I WILL GO ON FOR EVER” invariably strikes my mind . This line of a poem
I can see written on the white waters as I look intently into the flow. ..How many times, how many times, have I sat on the bank watching the crossing currents of whitewater fading away moment after moment .Tomorrow again I shall peep into the river with a thought that infinite drops have already kissed the sandstone ashramn embankment crossed over to next phase of onward journey ever since I sat there last. What disturbs me most often is the sure merger of the pure drop in to dirt and squalor on its long arduous journey. R P NAILWAL ,JUNE92008
Monday, June 9, 2008
Thursday, June 5, 2008
The Shivpuri bend on river Ganga
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is definitely a soft spoken economist and understands
the country's economy more than most of the well-known economists and that is why
he understandably scrapped the outstanding loans against the poor farmers in one stroke.But
one fails to understand why this time he accepted the proposal to raise petrol,disesel and LPG costs severely affecting the household economy of the poor and the middle class.Was this done to bail out the bleeding oil companies as was being stated tiem and again in the light of the ever- increasing oil prices globally or because of a secret party plan to ensure a better deal from the oil companies for the party in coming parliamentry elections next year .As of now,the general public is obvioulsy agitated and is sheething in anger .But, it seems, in due course the short public memory will fade away and party will be able to muster its resources for coming poll battle
next year. And that's that. RP NAILWAL,JUNE 5,2008
the country's economy more than most of the well-known economists and that is why
he understandably scrapped the outstanding loans against the poor farmers in one stroke.But
one fails to understand why this time he accepted the proposal to raise petrol,disesel and LPG costs severely affecting the household economy of the poor and the middle class.Was this done to bail out the bleeding oil companies as was being stated tiem and again in the light of the ever- increasing oil prices globally or because of a secret party plan to ensure a better deal from the oil companies for the party in coming parliamentry elections next year .As of now,the general public is obvioulsy agitated and is sheething in anger .But, it seems, in due course the short public memory will fade away and party will be able to muster its resources for coming poll battle
next year. And that's that. RP NAILWAL,JUNE 5,2008
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