The Selfish, Petty-Minded Ruin Countries!

                                                      The Selfish, Petty-Minded Ruin Countries!

Yes! Any country. Under-developed  Developed. Even highly successful countries. They revel in pettiness to satisfy their narrow-minded, short-sighted fancies. They subvert democracy, uncaring for the future of countries. They use leadership to satisfy their petty-mindedness. They twist truth and get thrills targeting sections of the people on the basis of differences like ethnicity. Dividing their people to indulge in mean acts is their delight and achievement. Such pettiness can hinder a talented country's ascent to the world's developed nations. A key message for such immature leaders is: Stop Trying To Fool The World! Above All Remember: Do Not Do Unto Others What You Do Not Want Others To Do Unto You! That principle can unite peoples of any country. Further it can unite humanity: to strive on together in peace to build a better world for all mankind.

Dreams of One Country by Ms. Jagjit Daniel (Amazon Kindle: e-Novel: Set in fairly recent history, the story of a youth campaign that unites the people and launches India's ascent to join the most progressive nations of the world....thus lighting a highway for all developing countries!

Click below for a brief preview of Dreams of One Country

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Covid 19's One Unique Blessing?!!

                                            Covid 19's One Unique Blessing?!!

Has Covid 19 only hurt the world? Hasn't it done something to benefit people in countries around the world? Hasn't it helped identify immature leaders...by the havoc such leaders unleashed by haphazard responses to the pandemic?

In contrast note the responses of mature leaders - the overall caution, reliance on scientific experts etc. - that curbed the virus's toll in countries they headed!

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Dreams of One Country by Ms. Jagjit Daniel (Amazon Kindle: e-Novel: Thrilling story of Priya Jha's campaign that unites youth and inspires India's ascent to join the world's most progressive nations...thus lighting the way for all developing countries!
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Covid-19's Wake-Up Call For Mankind!

  Covid-19's Wake-Up Call For Mankind!

Does the Covid 19 virus carry a message for all mankind? Is it saying: I have traveled around the world without discriminating, crossing all barriers both natural and man-made, wreaking havoc. I have done it to drive home a vital message for humanity. Listen to me, peoples of the world!
Whatever I, the virus you call Covid 19, is doing is meant to emphasize a lesson you haven't learnt despite thousands of years of history and fantastic advances in knowledge, science, exploration. Stop wasting your precious time and energy to promote malice or deceit. Stop dividing peoples for selfish short-term gains. Stop pettiness and heartlessness. Learn, learn that this world is one. All humanity is one. Don't discriminate against each other on the basis of climate-caused differences in appearances, or differences in faith, beliefs, languages, attire etc. This world belongs to all humanity. Unite! Strive in peace, countries helping each other to develop and progress. To build a better world for all mankind!*

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Dreams of One Country by Ms. Jagjit Daniel (Amazon Kindle: e-Novel: A novel in search of reputed print publishers): Set in tumultuous times of fairly recent history, a story of dreams and hope, of love and loss, of a 'United-We-Rise' youth campaign that inspires the people and launches India's amazing ascent to join the world's top progressive nations....lighting a highway for all developing countries!
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'Down With The Viva!': Revisiting Published Humor - 1'

'Down With The Viva!': Revisiting Published Humor - 1

(Excerpted\from my article published in the Sunday Times of India, 1st July, 1962)

I have an antipathy for any viva voces which go beyond pleasant preliminaries like "How do you do?" and "What is your name?"
What about medical college vivas where they ask all kinds of technical questions? That was what I was in for when my father decided, without any referendum worth the name, that I had what it took to be a doctor. Well, I'll admit I did not always get cold feet at the mere thought of a viva. All that began from my encounter with a sarcastic professor of physiology.
There is a friend of mine who, ever since he developed a faint mistiness above the upper lip has been betting on horses. He has told me about the sinister tendency of any horse on which he has bet his 'all' to bolt in the general direction of the stables shortly before the race starts, presumably on a mission like warning Son of Genghis Khan to keep his dirty paws off Sweet Bathsheba while he - Handsome Cavalier - was away at the races. True it is that I developed a similar tendency to bolt off at a tangent  and introduce into the discussion more worldly matters. In my case the escapism started from my first viva with a sarcastic physiology professor, a loud-mouthed character, who threatened to clout me on the head if I was nervous. My teeth chattered. He told me to stop it because the room was shaking too much. His first question was about liver functions. I told him I had a pen-friend in Liverpool. And my diversionary answers to three more questions infuriated him more. He asked a "last chance" question: "Tell me the effects of raised venous pressure." I answered: "Venus de Milo...Venus, the planet. Sir, man will soon be walking on the plains of Venus." He wished I was there and added, "Young man, what you know of physiology is not worth knowing. Out!" There ended my first medical viva.
All I wish to add here is that the professor's premature retirement had nothing to do with me.

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Dreams of One Country by Ms. Jagjit Daniel (Amazon Kindle: e-Novel: A novel in search of reputed print publishers): Set in tumultuous times of fairly recent history, a story of dreams and hope, of love and loss, of a 'United-We-Rise' youth campaign that inspires the people and launches India's amazing ascent to join the world's top progressive nations....lighting a highway for all developing countries!
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Flying (Saucers And) Teacups!: Revisiting Old Humor...1

Flying (Saucers And) Teacups!: Revisiting Old Humor - 1

I wanted to blog abridged versions of humor I had published in the news media, starting with an edit page 'middle' in The Times of India some time in the 1960s titled Flying Teacups Over Gironde! That article was actually written in response to news reports of the sighting of flying saucers from different parts of the world. I felt those were either people mis-sighting planes, rockets etc. or publicity stunts. In light hearted response I wrote an imaginary news report of people sighting teacups (with handles) flying over an area of France called Gironde.
However, I couldn't find that article among my cuttings. So I plan to continue this blog series with my other media published humor.       

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Dreams of One Country by Ms. Jagjit Daniel (Amazon Kindle: e-Novel: A novel in search of reputed print publishers): Set in tumultuous times of fairly recent history, a story of dreams and hope, of love and loss, of a 'United-We-Rise' youth campaign that inspires the people and launches India's amazing ascent to join the world's top progressive nations....lighting a highway for all developing countries!
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Mature Leaders Unite People, Immature Divide!

Mature Leaders Unite People, Immature Divide!

Yes! For their own benefit, the immature try to turn people against each other. They try to corrupt the countries top down. They try to rise on self-praise and bake their own news. At the cost of the country they take steps, even seek to pass laws, making a mockery of democracy. In due course they also tend to prove incompetent. They retard progress and development of their peoples and countries. Not that they care! In selfish pursuit of success they arouse Meanness among their supporters and disunite the country, turning sections of people against each other. Arousing the worst instincts does incalculable harm to the future and progress of their own countries.
In contrast mature leaders unite peoples. They focus on everyone striving together and contributing to the progress of their countries. And, even, other parts of the world!

(Readers ideas on the above topic are welcome!)

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Dreams of One Country by Ms. Jagjit Daniel (Amazon Kindle: e-Novel: A novel in search of reputed print publishers): Set in tumultuous times of fairly recent history, a story of dreams and hope, of love and loss, of a 'United-We-Rise' youth campaign that inspires the people and launches India's amazing ascent to join the world's top progressive nations....lighting a highway for all developing countries!
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Does Covid-19 Ask: Can Your World Be Truly Civilized?

Does Covid-19 Ask: Can Your World Be Truly Civilized?

Does Coronavirus also say:
In 2020 I have crossed every border on earth, both natural and man-made.
My message is: This is one world! Humanity Unite...To Solve Your Problems! 
But despite all man's advances in science and technology...
Despite claiming to be followers of the noble souls who walked this earth...whose essential message for all humanity is Do Unto Others As You Would Have Others Do Unto You...
And, routinely, you go through all symbolic steps to honor those noble souls...
It's meaningless if man still discriminates against man for reasons like creed, country, skin color etc.!
Indeed, how then can your world claim to be truly civilized?

(Readers ideas on the above topic are welcome!)

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Dreams of One Country by Ms. Jagjit Daniel (Amazon Kindle: e-Novel: A novel in search of reputed print publishers): Set in tumultuous times of fairly recent history, a story of dreams and hope, of love and loss, of a 'United-We-Rise' youth campaign that inspires the people and launches India's ascent to join the world's top progressive nations....lighting the highway for all developing countries!
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Self-Praising, Self-Serving Immature Leaders!

Self-Praising, Self-Serving Immature Leaders!

Comical indeed! Self-praise and untruths projected as noble truths. Easy route to self-promotion!
No principles. No heart-felt feeling for others. No differentiating right and wrong.
World over, that's what the immature revel in. Surely, not to serve people or their countries!
They float fiction as fact, spreading untruths against mature leaders.
They take credit for imaginary successes with self-praising stunts.
They take credit for real successes they have nothing to do with.
And they blame others for their own failures and blunders.
Since they promote utterly selfish interests, they can degrade any country's future. 

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Dreams of One Country by Ms. Jagjit Daniel (Amazon Kindle: e-Novel: A novel in search of reputed print publishers): Set in tumultuous times of fairly recent history, a story of dreams and hope, of love and loss, of a 'United-We-Rise' youth campaign that inspires the people and launches India's ascent to join the world's top progressive nations....lighting a highway for all developing countries!
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Excerpt from Dreams Of One Country

Excerpt from Dreams Of One Country

This blog is the closing paragraphs of Dreams Of One Country, the novel written by my wife Jagjit and me. The excerpt is mainly a speech by Nalini, the daughter of Priya Jha who, some thirty years earlier, had inspired a great youth campaign to lead India's ascent to the world's elite developed nations.  

'Friends, today we are taking the first step on the highway to the country my mother dreamt of. The way will be long. The way will be hard. But when our hearts join no mountain can stop us. From today Ek Desh youth will go from the snows of the north to the seas of Kanyakumari. And they will tell the people we are one. One family! One Bharat! One family of Bharatvaasis!’  She turned to look for a moment at Priya’s portrait before concluding: ‘Yes! One country! One people!’

‘Ek Desh! Ek Desh!’ echoed the audience.

‘Jai Hind!’ Nalini’s voice pitched higher: ‘Jai Hind!’

The response rose: ‘Jai Hind!’ Tides of ‘Ek Desh zindabad!’ swept through the expanse of people and finally ebbed away.

She said softly: ‘Ab chalo. Let us begin our journey. We must build a great nation.’

Everyone stood. The applause went wild. Overwhelmed, certain that a new page of one of the few meaningful causes in the world had been written, Norman hugged Davinder and the rest of the family.

‘My little one is no less than her mother,’ said Radheshyam. The proud grandfather’s eyes streamed freely.

‘Yes. Same nobility,’ whispered Norman. Then he knew what was coming. He clasped his hands together tightly and could not breathe. He felt it was blowing cold, cold...a squall from his forever winter. Norman shivered to the bone, missing Priya intensely.

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Ek Desh breathed hope across a land anaesthetized by centuries of uncaring and injustice. A bewildered people - over a billion strong - awakened to dream of Priya Jha’s One Country. They dreamt of a gentler land, where people come together for the good of all. But that was just a dawning. Ahead lay the war to find a nation’s soul. A quiet, vast and unique war. Its battles would be fought in the heart of every Indian.'

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Dreams of One Country by Ms. Jagjit Daniel (Amazon Kindle: e-Novel: Set in tumultuous times, a story of dreams and hope, of a great youth campaign that inspires the people, launching India's ascent to join the world's most progressive nations....lighting a highway for all developing countries!

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Memories: Tommies Street-Dancing, Bombay 1945

Memories: Tommies Street-Dancing, Bombay 1945

Friday, the 8th of May 2020, was the 75th anniversary of V-E Day, the day the Second World War ended in Europe. In 1945 I was a tot. We lived in Bombay on the third floor of a 5-storey building, eight tenants per floor.
On VE Day evening I was on the long common verandah in front. I watched in amazement as a group of Tommies (British soldiers) came out after drinking in Dadar Bar across the road and did a merry jig, dancing and yelling 'Thank God! It's all over! ' 'The war is over!' etc. That day, the 8th of May, 1945. the most major war and hopefully the war to end all wars, had ended in Europe.
But the war in the Pacific Theater did not end then. That happened after the first atom bombs were dropped in August 1945.

(Readers ideas on the above topic are welcome!)

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Is Covid's Message: Why Is Your World So Divided?

Is Covid's Message: Why Is Your World So Divided?

Does the Coronavirus carry nature's message for all people? Is the virus saying: 'Even in 2020 why is the world so divided? I have crossed all barriers across the world. Oceans, mountain ranges, national borders etc. and spread havoc in countries around the world. I have done this to remind you despite all that has divided you through history humanity is one. And the earth is your common home. Learn to unite and live in peace. Take care of the earth, the ecosystem and each other. In unity work for the good of all humanity. Already, fear of me has led to great reduction in air pollution. Look at the blue skies and build a better world for mankind! A world without prejudices or discrimination. A civilized world. A humane and caring world for all people!

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(Readers ideas on the above topic are welcome!)

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Dreams of One Country by Ms. Jagjit Daniel (Amazon Kindle: e-Novel: A novel in search of reputed print publishers): Set in tumultuous times of fairly recent history, a story of dreams and hope, of love and loss, of a 'United-We-Rise' youth campaign that inspires the people and launches India's ascent to join the world's top progressive nations....lighting a highway for all developing countries!
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Two Key Lessons We Often Forget

 Two Key Lessons We Often Forget

1. Don't jump to conclusions. Don't react to someone's words or a situation on the basis of immediate impressions. Try to understand the facts and and background before deciding a response or course of action. First impressions may be completely misleading...and lead to grave errors.
2. There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.

Be careful. Don't take too much for granted.

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Coronavirus: Basic Precautions

Coronavirus: Basic Precautions

1 Avoid meetings and gatherings of people...unless essential.
2 When you're outside home - since you handle door-knobs etc. - don't touch your eyes, nose, lips.
3. If someone is sneezing or coughing, stay away from that person.
4. When you come home, take time to wash hands (and the faucet you touched) thoroughly with soap. Or have a good bath, soaping thoroughly.
5. When things are bought or delivered home, wipe packages with disinfectant wipes; wash hands.
6. Try to make sure children follow the right steps.
According to new studies this virus can survive on stainless steel and plastic surfaces up to 72 hours and on cardboard up to 24 hours.
(Readers ideas on the above topic are welcome!)

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Mature Leaders Build Great Nations!

Mature Leaders Build Great Nations!

To rise. To develop. To join the world's leading democracies. That is the dream of people of every country. But for that countries need mature leaders, who know the world's history and understand the follies of the past. It needs leaders with humane ideas and principles, who will umite the people and strive for progress.
Today the relatively few true, practising democracies are leaders of the progressive world.
And the history of the world is replete with stories of the fall of nations.

(Readers ideas on the above topic are welcome!)

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Dreams of One Country by Ms. Jagjit Daniel (Amazon Kindle: e-Novel: A novel in search of reputed print publishers): Set in tumultuous times of fairly recent history, a story of dreams and hope, of love and loss, of a 'United-We-Rise' youth campaign that inspires the people and launches India's ascent to join the world's top progressive nations....lighting a highway for all developing countries!

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Life's Precious Bonds!

Life's Precious Bonds!

First of all: Bonds that unite a family. Parents, children etc.
Next, Bonds that unite the varied peoples of a country and lead it to true progress and modernization.
And then, Bonds that unite countries in building a truly 'united nations' world.

Of course, there will be people who feel no Bonds are greater then James Bond!

Readers' ideas on the above topic are welcome!

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Dreams of One Country by Ms. Jagjit Daniel (Amazon Kindle: e-Novel: A novel in search of reputed print publishers): Set in tumultuous times of fairly recent history, a story of dreams and hope, of love and loss, of a 'United-We-Rise' youth campaign that inspires the people and launches India's ascent to join the world's top progressive nations....lighting a highway for all developing countries!
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Family Memories: 1: When Love Was In The Air

Family Memories: 1: When Love Was In The Air

When love was in the air we breathed,
Every day was verse.
Every step had rhythm,
And there was music in the wind,
Lifting up our hearts
Day
And night.

(Wow, am I becoming poetic!!?)

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Dreams of One Country (Amazon: Novel): Youth's 'United-We-Rise' campaign inspires India's ascent to the elite developed nations!
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