Dr. Ramakanta

Sun n’ Stones of Lumbini

By the side of the Lumbini Vihar, on the fringes of the Chandaka reserve forest a new 200 feet road was constructed. As the sun would set behind the boulders I had taken some clicks in my mobile…. The face of a huge Buddha ( Rock-cut )

Toba Tek Singh

This story by Saadat Hasan Manto is said to be the most powerful satire on the Idea of Partition of India and Pakistan. BBC has included it in its 100 stories that shaped our world. along with legends like Shakespeare, Kafka and Virginia Woolf. “A classic short story that translates the trauma of partition throughContinue reading “Toba Tek Singh”

The dream

In Zhuang Zi there lived an ancient philosopher. His name was Zhuang Tzu. Zhuang Tzu once dreamed that he was a butterfly, flitting and fluttering around, happy, and doing as he pleased. Of course, as a butterfly, he did not know that he was Zhuang Tzu. All of a sudden, he awoke and foundContinue reading “The dream”

Subhadrangi’s Dilemma

Von Recklinghausen Neurofibromatosis is a disease characterized by pebbles under the skin. It is present since birth. The little boy was crying. His eyes were red. Every time there was a family get-together, all the kids in the house would gather and enjoy, the little boy would be depressed. Their father, the great emperor wouldContinue reading “Subhadrangi’s Dilemma”

The Punjabi British Indian African Diaspora

Rishi Sunak’s paternal grandfather was a British Indian African from Kenya. His grandparents from mother’s side were British Indian African from Tanzania. Both of these grandparents had to leave Africa to UK in the 1970s so that Yashvir a doctor of Punjabi British Indian African Citizen originally migrated from Kenya met Usha a qualified pharmacistContinue reading “The Punjabi British Indian African Diaspora”