yet again ... getting lost ... then enjoying self-discovery ...

Snippets from a talk by Rahul Bose at Lamakaan My  memories of Rahul Bose: We enjoyed ‘Everyone Says I am Fine’, one of us did not recognize Rahul Bose when he comes towards the end and in recent months I have unsuccessfully searched it on You–tube. Then there  was Shaurya which  I had enjoyed. The first movie though was the stunner Bombay Boys with him singing on the road at night. Other than ‘Matunga’ we got most of the lyrics wrong then! And yes there was an interview during Doordarshan days where he talked of walking, climbing in Panchgini where I got to know he was our rugby captain! How he began: He talked of his visits to his masi’s home at Bombay and how people used to come for not only chai and conversations but also to sleep. On days that he too slept there, he could see – early in the day – 14 bodies lying in the morning in the ten feet by ten feet room. The single room home – as if – used to expand at night. Lamakaan too gave him this feel...

Attended a talk by Dr. Rajaram Sharma – at a function organized by Teacher Plus recently as a part of its 25 th year celebrations. ~ In the lines below what I attempt is to capture select elements that stayed with me, touched some chord somewhere within and not a draft or ‘note’ on his talk. Probability of the text not doing enough justice is high but I risk it none the less. I have also made attempts to place thoughts (most of them on wildlife conservation) that visited me as I heard and later wrote. ~ Lousy job One of the lines that has since stayed - if at the end of a talk or a lecture one feels that the person has answered all questions and cleared all doubts the speaker has in all probability done a lousy job! A talk by a teacher, or else, should make one think and I thank Prof. Rajaram Sharma for bringing this out when people, all around, seem to have solutions when many a time they have not even heard the person out! I recall a one to one meetin...