Ground Reality

                     Bengaluru is about 2000 kms away from Kolkata ,and Most of the places in West Bengal are about 1500 Kms away from Lucknow,nerve center of Hindi heartland in Sprawling and populous State of Uttar Pradesh which has boundaries common with many pure Hindi speaking states.  Daily usage of words in Kannada ,Bengali and Hindi are strikingly similar and pronunciation makes a pronounced difference . A crash course on these words gave me the wisdom which was scripted by an eminent journalist Surya Prakash on a booklet gifted to guests by him on occasion of his son Ujjawal’s marriage with Kayleigh in city of gardens recently.Alas ! Now, it is turning into the city of Terrific traffic jams like those witnessed in Bangkok in early eighties and nineties. . In a paragon of crisp advisory on daily etiquettes in Karnataka, the handy booklet gives an insight in state’s inside life besides throwing lig...

O ther Day up with the lark,I was in Cubbon park in Bengaluru.fresh air and fragrance of flowers were bathing environs.    Magic hours of nature were about to commence with sun   rise.In dimly lit expanse of the sprawling park, I noticed a few young men,clad in winter clothings ,were engrossed in arranging cut flowers . they were gently handing flowers and buds while fixing them in twisted iron rings and large plates of mosses.    I was spell bound with myriad  variety of flowers of bright hues.fresh air was blowing  and chirping birds- surprisingly sparrows- were giving background music to the natures dance.   The absorbing early morning scenario left me confused whether to go for the brisk walk or quietly stand near bunch of flowers to breathe air and enjoy wafting fragrance.     The joy was short lived when it flashed suddenly in my mind that it is one such location where a budding takent was crushed wi...