Guru Nanak’s Birthday!

  Today is Guru Nanak’s birthday, a great saint and reformist who taught us conduct of life by following Hard work, Honesty, Dedication, Humility and above all faith in Divine. He was born on this day in 1469. Guru preferred to eat food in the house of an honest poor carpenter Bhai Lalo rather than […]

Of Punjabi (Indian) Dhabas (Roadside Restaurants)

Punjabi Dhabas are a class by themselves. These are road side restaurants located on various roads in India more predominately in the states of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and UP. The food offered here is very delicious and sometimes even better than starred Hotels at a very economical cost (about one fifth of the cost at […]

Of Migrant Labour in North India!

Today, one Bihari Migrant laborer died in an accident at a construction site near to my house. He had come to Punjab just about a fortnight ago in search of employment. These laborers are picked up by construction contractors and put on the job on daily wages amount to about Rs 250 per day (4 […]

O Lord, I Seek the following.

I am not a very religious person in the ritualistic sense, I am a bit of rationalist. However I strongly feel and believe that there is an Abstract Power which is all-pervasive, omnipresent and highly decentralized consciousness residing in all of us; which some of us try to explore while many ignore it. Today morning, […]