Holi 2009

The festival of colours is here again. The kids had a great time.

Salute

Was shocked and surprised to hear the untimely death of a close friend. The abduction, torture and brutal murder of Kishan reflects the deterioting law and order situation in Manipur and the general lawlessness that pervades all walks of life.

Kishan was a schoolmate at DBS and had an eventful career as a teacher before [...]

Surajkund

Surajkund is a small sleepy town located some 8 kms from the Delhi border just off the main Delhi-Faridabad road. Once a year, this sleepy town comes alive during the month of February when the Surajkund Mela brings together arts, crafts and artists from all over the country for a colourful mela.

Started in 1981 [...]

The Mughal gardens

Every year the sprawling Mughal Gardens having an area of around 15 acres is thrown open to the public during the month of February to showcase the most exquisite flowers, especially roses and seasonal flowers nurtured in this Lutyens paradise.
This year the Garden remained open from February 7 and will do so till March 10. [...]

Lohri 2009

Lohri, one of the most popular festival of Punjab is being celebrated today. It is basically a post harvest festival wherin people after a hard day’s work in the field gather together in the evening over a bonfire and enjoy each other’s company singing songs and shaking a leg. However, it also marks the end [...]

New Year 2009

Unlike on many other occassions, this time around we did not go out to celebrate the New Year. After the shock incidents at Mumbai and its aftereffects we decided that this is the time for the family to come together, spend time at home and try to rediscover lost moments of childhood…

Incidentally, my elder [...]

Chrysanthemum show 2008

The Chrysanthemum Show has become an integral part of the cultural activity of Chandigarh along with other activities like the Rose Festival, the Chandigarh Carnival etc. This year the show was held at the almost permanent venue-Terrace garden , Sec 33 from 13-15th December.

We thought of visiting the show on the first day itself [...]

Annual Day of Sushanta’s school

The Annual Day function of Sushanta’s School was conducted at the sec 7 sports ground yesterday. Thankfully it was on a Saturday and we all could attend the function.
Sushant is big for his age and often is the subject of comments from his friends because of his size. He is merely 13 yrs but already [...]

Forest Games

The 17th edition of the All India Forest Games Meet (http://www.forestgamespb.com) hosted by Punjab concluded in Chandigarh on Saturday. The games were planned meticulously so that some of the common problems faced by the participants are avoided and that the participants can concentrate on their games and enjoy their stay. I have been participating regularly [...]

Trade Fair

The India International Trade Fair started on the 14th of November. All the states are represented in separate pavilions and there were many representaions from many foreign countries including, Afghanistan, Iran, Myanmar, Korea, Bhutan, Bangladesh, UK Germany with Pakistan as the partner country. Among the states, Orissa is the partner state and Kerala the focus [...]