AAVARANA(The act of concealing Truth)               

The above kannada novel by S L Bhyrappa, translated

 by Sandeep Balakrishna equips the reader  with a new insight into the concept of secularism in Indian Democracy..

The contemporary literature on Ancient Indian HIstory is often written concealing the TRUTH.

If learning lessons from History is a mark of enlightenment, so is breaking free from VIKSHEPA (projecting untruth).

The pioneering technique adopted by Bhyrappa narrating the main story with another inside  story(a historical account with authentic references) running parallel to  main  story makes it gripping and I could not put down the book even once til I  reached the last page.                                                                                                               

The Marxist Historians,Intellectuals,academics and progressive social thinkers need to read this book.

The translation is so good that one feels it is originally written in english.

                           SATYA MEVA JAYATE

                                                                              a l mohan 29072014.

29 july 2014.

 Much ado about nothing!

Nitesh's resignation and forming govt with outside support of bjp seems to disturb many so called democrats of the country.my fervent appeal to them is not to get agitated and take it with a pinch of salt.no political party in the country is formed to do social service but to grab POWER by hook or by crook.voter is a means to attain that end.voter is never bothered as long as a stable govt is thete, corrupt or otherwise.bjp is no exception to this.wisdom lies in accepting whatever that happens without loosing ones peace of mind.our experience since first general elections is a testimony to it.now TV channels will have a field day and rti activists will create enough work for the legal luminaries,.

27 july 2017

 A Suitable Boy

After a decade,I am reading for the second time the 1474 pages novel by Vikram Seth.

It is " a long,sweet,sleepless pilgrimage to life..."

27 july 2020.

 My nephew ,AKVKRao,aka Kasi felicitated together with his team by Sri chandrababunaidu ,cm AP for successful planning,designing and implementation of Aadhaar linked PDS in AP.

25 july 2018.

FATE SEALED?

The rash and unethical  comments made by jagan on pawn kalyans marriages is condemnable.Though he has the tag of reddy in his name and ,his mother's carrying Bible 24/7 ,large no of Hindus vote for jagan.His impatience is going to cost him at the hustings.He has to face congi,janasena and bjp to win.I am afraid ,he will miss the bus in 2019 once again due to his irresponsible behaviour!

25 july 2018.

 1979-shri shivaji college parbhani-marathwada.elected members of boards of studies - L-R.deshpande,jinturker,a l mohan,principal dr s.h.dandegaonkar,karande,a s ratnam,borade.

23 july 2016

 Cbn's Press-meet.

I feel sorry for the CM.His anguish and disappointment are understandable.His disgust with GOI and PM seem to be more personal.

He stresses his seniority in politics,faults namos praise for kcr,namos advice to not get into ysr trap and  detest namo for keeping him at a distance.He feels belittled and hurt .His jealousy,his ego are evident in his utterances.He equates himself with all andhras and claims that entire andhras are insulted by Namo.He needs to come out of this and make. realistic attempts to win over the powers that be,in the interest of the state.

21 july 2018.

 Performance of MPs in Lok Sabha.

The data furnished by LS Secretariat for the last four years sadly does not find a single MP from Andhra Pradesh actively participating in any of the caterogories  significa

ntly or attending the session which is minimal and have no time to  raise issues concerning their constituents except indulging in extolling the viirtues(?) Of their CM and pursuing their personal interests.It is distressing and nauseating.GOD save AP!

18 july 2018.

 

 Yeshwant sinhas analysis-2019 election.

The scholarly and detailed analysis of Sinha   crystalls down  to oppostion parties have an unanimous alternative narrative to govern better than modi.As of now ,there does not seem to be any such possibility except Hate-Modi rhetoric .So,sinhas thoughts shall remain PIPE DREAMS.Feel sorry for him and his ilk!

16 July 2018.

 REDOX LABS 

I have recently  joined the above labs,that trains unemployed young men for placement at the entry level  in pharmaceutical industry on the completion of 3 months training. # Mr.P.Durga Prasad,who studied bsc applied chemistry at sds autonomous college GARIVIDI during 1991-1994 is the dynamic founder managing director. I am trying to inculcate in the trainees the following ten core life skills identified by W.H.O. 

1) self awareness

2)empathy

3)creative thinking

4)critical thinking

5)decision making

6)problem solving

7)inter personal relationship

8)effective communication

9)coping with stress

10)coping with emotions.

IT'S COMMENDABLE THAT REDOX IS A PIONEER AND THE ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND IN THE COUNTRY AS ON TODAY, PROVIDING SKILLED PERSONNEL TO THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY

16 July 2015.

 Prashanth Kishore

Activities of PK need to be watched.In whichever state ,he assisted a party,there were differences with him and where those were reconciled in time success followed.The recent astounding victory of TMC in west Bengal is a testimony of his  versatality in his methods against hard canvassing by BJP and many desertions by senior members of tmc that had no effect against the strategies adopted by PK and Mamatha banerji.

Except in UP, his methods succeeded every where else.

In Bihar,after being expelled from JDU, as a lone ranger,his performance remained insignificant.

It is a smart move of him to choose INC to challenge BJP at the National level.

bjp's fire to win elections is diminishing..

It would  be a surprise if he cannot revive inc .

He must have learnt lessons

 from past experience and he has the ability to innovate his tactics.

He is ambitious and has a desire to adorn the RS with his presence.

He is also focussed .

Beware of him, is my advice to bjp.

A L Mohan

15 July 2021.

 Munnabhai's Biography..

Hirani's SANJU movie is exceptionally gripping and sentimental, clean bowling the audience with stellar performances by Ranbir,Paresh Rawal et al with appropriate songs sprinkled at appropriate times.it is rare that living actors bio-pic is so well scripted.often fictional stories when filmed appear factual and this factual life story is filmed so well that it could be fictional.

THREE CHEERS to Hirani,Ranbir and Paresh Rawal!

12 July 2018

 Some Reflections.

Apropos the fb post "Education is Strategic",let me recall that visionary prime ministers ,Nehru  and  Rajiv Gandh, in the past ,without their partys concurrence or appreciation of their vision,

 inspired by     by the western countries progress and ignited by socialistic and welfare outlook.(,Nehru) steadfastly pursued establishing higher educational institutions such as iits ,national resarch labs etc that would make India self sufficient and compete with advanced countries and Rajiv Gandhi goaded us to be tech-savy and introduced learning through computers.in this effort ,Congress party remained sceptical except pv narasimharao as  HRD minister,who gave a shape to Rajivs vision through National Education Policy in 1986.Tenures of the remaining prime ministers of India was plateful of vote-bank and caste based and religion based divisive politics and attempts to stick to power by hook or crook,without any VISION.They have also shamelessly brought the system to a stage of ineffectiveness and corrupted the establishment.Even if we may have a visionary PM now or in future,I doubt if he will be allowed by  the establishment to translate his vision ,as  happened to Rajiv, as politics and politicians of the day have become MURKIER .!!!!!!!

14 July 2018.

 

 srinidhi

 Ramdas k Dange                                                                                                                                       

The sad demise of Dangesaheb today at PARBHANI left me without a friend,philosopher and guide.I worked with him when he was Principal of Shivaji College Parbhani (marathwada) from 1963-1975.He was A scholar in marathi .His interpretations Of Saint-Poet Jnaneswars poetry won him GOLD MEDAL in his MA exams from Nagpur Univ.His essays from his answers in his exams were included in the texts of univ courses.Though a staunch Janasanghi,he had the patience to listen to differing views.the college had a golden period during his tenure with many cultural,co-curricular and xtra curricular activities in addtion to enviable academic achievements.He was an xcellent organiser.His active role in organising marathwada vikas andolan is still green in my memory.It is another matter that he was sacked from principalship in 1975.he was an xcellent human being,an AJATHA SETRU.I miss him as under his mentorship my personality was developed.I owe it to him for all the successes i achieved in my career.MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE!

01 july 2014.

 Looming World War? 

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#Narendra Modi's hasty steps to win over China for the sake of development does not augur well.  #Chinese as we all know have no scruples to take over any friendly nation.  They already have a running feud with Japan and Philippines to claim their islands.  They continued to show Arunachal Pradesh in their maps as a part of China.  They are over friendly with Pakistan who has no love lost for India.  Narendra Modi should not be blinded with his anxiety for foreign investment and development when our freedom itself could be under great threat.  

The analysis of #Prof.Upendranath Sharma (See Ref : Indian Express of 30-Jun-2014 and Mani Shankar Ayyar article in the Hindu supplementary edition dated 29-Jun-2014, needs to be taken note of by the #MEA.

30 june 2014.

 

 NEW TRENDS     .     ......

        Actor tushar kapoor.son of jitendra and bro of ekta kapoor becoming a surrogate dad through ivf has thrown the world open to single parents without wedlock. This may tempt many lasses and young men avoid wedlock and become single parents skipping parental nagging to marry ..merrily they can avoid marriage and yet become parents,having best of both the worlds!!!

28 june 2016

 Lest we forget!

Sometime back,we found satyam computers winning international BEST GOvErnance and several other awards periodically and remained a blue eyed boy of the then CM cbnaidu   that enabled lokesh  Naidu to pursue higher studies in USA .But ,in the end satyam ramalingaraju was jailed and the company was sold to mahindratech,making a mockery of all the awards won by satyam computers.

Now,cbnaidus rule fetched too many awards, and his governance was found to be corrupt and he was voted out.

If jagan succeeds in discovering impeccable evidence of cbns misrule and corruption,(cbn has been a smart operator in his dubious acts), then cbn will taste the fate of satyam computers Raju

27 june 2019.

 

Subhadra, Annapurna,arundhati,suseela,radhika,kasiannapurna,ramalakshmi.(four daughters and three sisters-in-law's)

23 june 2019