'Bhai dooj' today or as it is called in some parts of the country
'Bhau beej' .. a day for the sisters to remember their brothers, in
prayer and love and protection ..
Such beautiful traditions structured by the human, and such
disrespect to it when we learn of the atrocities against women, the
imbalances in society towards them and their degradation .. simply
unacceptable to me to society and to community at large !!
A day of relaxed indulgence .. of clearing up the desk and its over burdened surroundings, of responding to the wishes and the greetings from friends and well wishers… such a warm feeling of attachment and gratitude !
A CD release tonight of three of the most prominent ghazal singers of the country - Anoop Jalota, Pankaj Uddas, Talat Aziz - called Destiny and a warm and pleasant evening of not too long a dimension.
Then there was Rajdeep Sardesai and his programme that he puts together on Sachin Tendulkar, Thank you Sachin … an interview that he commends to this great son of India !
Soon too is the THINK fest in Goa, where they invite me to speak .. intellectually ! But intellect and me do not go together .. so I wonder what it shall be ..
But greater wonder a few days after that, when we get invited to the Kolkata International Human Resource Fest in Kolkata.. always a joy to be back in Kolkata, as we would address it in those heady days of 2006-2008 … the freedom of existence, of liberty to do and behave the way we wanted to, of excesses and the restaurant hopping on the famed Park Street … ‘those were the days my friend’ .. and the Beatles and so many more such … unforgettable impressions ..
I retire now ..
With my love to all and again a most prosperous Diwali and New Year ..
A day of relaxed indulgence .. of clearing up the desk and its over burdened surroundings, of responding to the wishes and the greetings from friends and well wishers… such a warm feeling of attachment and gratitude !
A CD release tonight of three of the most prominent ghazal singers of the country - Anoop Jalota, Pankaj Uddas, Talat Aziz - called Destiny and a warm and pleasant evening of not too long a dimension.
Then there was Rajdeep Sardesai and his programme that he puts together on Sachin Tendulkar, Thank you Sachin … an interview that he commends to this great son of India !
Soon too is the THINK fest in Goa, where they invite me to speak .. intellectually ! But intellect and me do not go together .. so I wonder what it shall be ..
But greater wonder a few days after that, when we get invited to the Kolkata International Human Resource Fest in Kolkata.. always a joy to be back in Kolkata, as we would address it in those heady days of 2006-2008 … the freedom of existence, of liberty to do and behave the way we wanted to, of excesses and the restaurant hopping on the famed Park Street … ‘those were the days my friend’ .. and the Beatles and so many more such … unforgettable impressions ..
I retire now ..
With my love to all and again a most prosperous Diwali and New Year ..
Harish Nayak
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