Ground Reality

Sudhir Tailang ,renowned cartoonist, is no more .in the untimely demise, his infectious smile is also no more,but his memories will remain etched on mind like carving on stones.     It was a few years ago ,celebrities ,business tycoons ,top politicians, media moguls and many others were at the Amausi airport in Lucknow at dead of night. Bone chilling winds were harsh on those trooping there to board flights. They were all on return trip after attending a high profile marriage party.   Charted planes were lined up like scooters.every one was in tearing hurry to catch first available flight to reach destinations.People were in panic that if fog starts flights can not take off.      I was last in the queue to collect the boarding pass ,but I was equally anxious to catch first available plane to new Delhi.     Planes were available ,but the mute question was how to get into the first flight back home before fog plays spoil sport. Sudhir could understand my latent appre

Whales coming ashore in various parts of India frequently is not a good sign from the environmental aspect.    Huge  mammal’s coming to shores was never so frequent as it happened during last few months . In a shocking phenomenon,A pod of whales had washed ashore in Tamil Naidu last month ,and most of them died,then it happened in Mumbai,and after that latest is the case in Odisha     A 33-foot sperm whale washed ashore near Podampetta off the Ganjam coast in Odisha, about 150 kilometers from Bhubaneswar three days ago. No reason for the Odisha’s death is known yet ,but forest officials say she might have dead a couple of days ago and it might have died after being hit by fishing trawlers.  Sperm whale is the largest toothed whale in the world. It can stay submerged for about 90 minutes and can dive down to 2,250 meters.The site where the whale has washed up is also the rookery for Olive Ridley sea turtle.  A 12m (40ft) long Bryde's whale was  washed up on Juhu  beach in th

Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N.Vohra directive to People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and BJP to make their position clear for formation of the popular government in the state was  a timely action as the political situation in the sensitive border state can not be allowed to remain fluid for a long period But Mehbooba’s meeting with him in Jammu has not cleared the suspense over the government formation. The BJP has also sought ten days time to work out strategy for coalition’s survival. Both the partners will have to abridge the trust deficit and for that a slew of steps must be initiated from both the sides.Contentious issues like Release of Jailed separatist Masrat Alam and his rearrest,beef ban debates, renewed controversy over state’s flag, flood relief measures have already generated lot  of differences between the two sides. The situation in the Assembly was also not very conducive as it had witnessed fighting with a ruling party MLA .Now, both the allies have placed their