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A DAY TRIP TO NAL SAROVAR

on January 08, 2012

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CHOTIWALA RESTAURANT AT RISHIKESH

Let's go and have 'puri halwa' at Chotiwala's this morning, said my wife. She told me that as children, Chotiwala was their favourite joint for puri halwa in Rishikesh. So off we went across the Ram jhula to the Eastern bank of the Ganges to find the Chotiwala restaurant. A view of the Ram Jhula by night. The restaurant was just about opening - workers were still cleaning the place, as it was rather early in the morning. On inquiry, they told us that the place was open. We sat down but were disappointed when we learnt that they had discontinued puri halwa as there was no demand for the product, as people had now become health conscious. We ordered a chana bhatura and puri aloo for breakfast. While we were waiting for our food, Poonam who was facing the kitchen door, remarked that the kitchen of the restaurant is very clean. A server then brought out a platter with all possible kinds of food and positioned it in the hands of the chotiwala statue in the display (photogra...

Asato Ma Sadgamaya, Tamso Ma Jyotirgamaya, Mrityor Ma Amritamgamaya

What are we coming to as a nation. A person who does not even understand what is meant by this mantra, where it came from, etc., has filed a petition in the highest court of the land challenging the recitation of this mantra in Kendriya Vidyalaya morning prayer meetings as being unsecular and unconstitutional. How can a generic prayer that is every humans wont, irrespective of personal beliefs; a wont of wanting to know the truth, to have knowledge and to free oneself from this cycle of mortality to immortality, be considered religious. At best it can be termed as the highest spiritual/ philosophical yearning of every human being. The worst is that the SC has accepted this petition, and wants a bigger bench to adjudicate on this petition. This negates the very basis of our original constitution that has 'Satyameva Jayate' on its cover. The Constitution is illustrated using depictions from gurukuls, Ramayana, Mahabharata, etc, covering the entire known period of u...

JUST COULDN'T RESIST SHARING THESE!!!

WISHING ALL OF YOU A VERY HAPPY, HEALTHY AND FULFILLING NEW YEAR. MAY PEACE PREVAIL. SHARING SOME INVALUABLE INNOCENT THOUGHTS WITH YOU!!!! Source: Not known, received by email

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