The Mind & Heart Speaks....

मेरा इंडियन ऑइल का छोटा सा सफर: अनेकता में एकता की मिसाल 3 दिसम्बर 2014 को मुझे  इंडियन ऑइल के विशाल परिवार का हिस्सा बनने का सुनहरा अवसर मिला 28 साल दिल्ली में गुजारने के बाद पहली दफा किसी और शहर में रहने का मौका मिला एक और अपनी पुरानी नौकरी , अपने माता पिता एवं दोस्तों से दूर होने का दुख था पर दूसरी ही और अपने जीवन साथी के संग एक नयी ज़िंदगी शुरू करने का जोश एवं उत्साह था ************************************ चंडीगढ़ शहर का नाम बहुत सुना था , भारत के सबसे सुंदर शहर में से एक है , इस बात का अनुमान था पर हूँ तोह आखिर दिल्लीवाली , जिस शहर में पली बड़ी , पढ़ाई की , उसे छोडने से मन थोड़ा थोड़ा बेचैन था. 17 दिसम्बर , अपने जनम दिन से एक दिन पहले मैंने पंजाब राज्य कार्यालय में कार्यभार संभाला पहले ही दिन लोगों के मित्रतापूर्ण स्वभाव , उनके प्रेम एवं स्नेह में एक अपनापन सा महसूस हुआ , मेरी आशंकाओं को दूर कर डाला. **************** धीरे धीरे जहाँ एक और में इंडियन ऑइल के रंग में ढलने लगी , वही दूसरी और इस शहर की खूबसूरती एवं रहन-सहन की तरफ आकर्षित होने लगी इं...

CHANGING PEOPLE, CHANGING RELATIONSHIPS... I have refrained myself from talking and writing about this topic for a long time, but given the fact that a new incident or situation is told to me every other day, i cannot now hold my thoughts from shaping into words also because this particular thing affects not just me but many many people around me. that dreaded issue and topic is: changing people, failing relationships particularly marriages which are ending  sooner than expected in today's times. this is not something which has not been talked about and debated about in the society and in social media but despite the endless discussions, we all seem to have accepted that this is the fate of relationships today and i guess we are too busy and engaged in our lives that we really do not have the genuine concern for others anymore, there are two aspects in this article: let me talk about the first one  in a time when telephones and letters have been replaced by watsapp...

जैसा कि   हम सबको  विदित  है दिनांक 15 अगस्त   2014 को   हमारे  देश  के  प्रधानमंत्री  श्री  नरेंद्र  मोदी  जी  ने  दिल्ली  के  लाल  किले  में   आयोजित  किए  गए   स्वतंत्रता  दिवस  के  समारोह  के  उपलक्ष्य  में  भारतीय  जनता  को  सभोदित    करते  हुए  स्वच्छ  भारत  अभियान  की  मुहीम  का नीव रखा।  इसी  संदर्भ  में  दिनांक   2   अक्टूबर   2014   को गांधी  जयंती  के अवसर  पर स्वच्छ  भारत  अभियान  का   आगमन   हुआ। हालांकि  पिछली  सरकारों ने  भी  इससे   मिलती  जुलती  नीति  बनाई  परंतु बहुत  ही  कम  लोग  इस  बात से  वाकिफ  हैं जिनमे कुछ  दिनों  पहले  तक  मै भी शामिल  थी। जिस  प्रकार  मोदी ...

CHANDIGARH DIARIES: PART TWO:  The last month of the year of  2015 has arrived. Like last year and every year gone by, this too has passed away too soon. And i am sure many others like me would share the same feeling. And looking back, i realise that it has been one whole year since i joined this new organisation and moved to Chandigarh from Delhi. I had joined IOCL on 3rd Dec 2014, finished my two weeks training on 16th Dec, was informed about Chandigarh posting the same day and arrived at this new city on 17th Dec 2015, one day before my birthday on 18th Dec.  And come to think about it, on the one hand, it feels like just yesterday that i was sitting in Shatabdi train towards Chandigarh, it does not feel like one year at all. On the other hand, it does really feel a lot has happened these past months, whole lot of experiences, events, getting to know new people, a lots of learnings to say in brief. And it has been one hell of a roller coaster ride. Talking abou...

Chandigarh Diaries: Part 1 I have been a hard core delhiite since the day i was born. Having spent 28 years in the capital city of India, that too a resident of south delhi, i had never even imagined or dreamt of a life beyond this city which has been my life throughout. From my school 15 mins away in Hauz Khas, to my college being Gargi College at Siri Fort road to later pursuing journalism at JNU to finally Law at North Campus (phew! too many degrees right!!), i have tasted each and every part of Delhi and cherished all the moments. Never did i go to a hostel to study, nor did i move beyond the comfort zone of Delhi University. Having all my family and friends in Delhi was a plus point. Though i always had this curiosity of how life in other cities would be, yet I never made any intentional effort to move out of Delhi. Father’s bank job did make us have a brief stint in Jaipur but that too was confined to summer and winter holidays. Though it is a nice city but it did not have ...

by: William Henry Davies What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand beneath the boughs And stare as long as sheep or cows. No time to see, when woods we pass, Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass. No time to see, in broad daylight, Streams full of stars, like skies at night. No time to turn at Beauty's glance, And watch her feet, how they can dance. No time to wait till her mouth can Enrich that smile her eyes began. A poor life this if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare.

                                                                                                                                         26.2.2015 Yesterday night, i finally made the decision to watch Mardaani, a movie i had in my collection of movies for a long time but somehow had not been keen on watching despite hearing positive reviews from many around me. For some strange and unexplainable reason i had been hesitant to watch it even though it had earned acclaim for rani mukherjee's acting abilities as well. For someone who has admired the actress for her powerful and strong roles was disappointed when she made some unexpected choices and...