In A Reverie

Many a time you suspect that what you are writing will be read by very few, and they will be disappointed.

Sunday, March 5, 2017

This was written a few years ago. Today (6 arch 2017!) when I opened the site I saw this draft and thought that it should stay. Also...

Thursday, July 25, 2013

59. Rapes: An Unpalatable View

Rapes: An Unpalatable View More than half a century ago when I was in the school, some of my class mates who either lived in nearby ...

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

58.The Deluge in Uttarakhand

THE DELUGE My friend Rameshwar showed me this passage from Jim Corbett’s ‘The Pilgrim Road’ included in ‘The Man-Eating Leopard of Ru...

Sunday, February 10, 2013

#56. When You Grow Old

Snippets from a Senior Citizen’s Life I have a suit length which was gifted to me in a marriage. For a couple of years I have been th...

Saturday, February 2, 2013

#55. WAMAN and poor Bali

Waman and poor Bali Everyday when I open the newspaper with trpidation that there would be news about increase of price of some or o...

Thursday, January 3, 2013

#54.Of Urdu, Sanskrit and Indian Classical Music

U rdu they say is a dying language, at least in India. Very few people write in it, and the spoken Urdu is so similar to Hindi or Hindustan...

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

#53. To Name or Not to Name

'Agle janam mohe bitiya na kije'. T his is how Ameeran (Umrao Jan) felt when she went to her village after maybe two decades. The ...

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About Me

Anand Kumar Bhatt: I was born in Laluland, brought up in Ghazipur, and had my college education at Allahabad (M.A. in Economics) all on the bank of Ganga. Later while in service did M.A. in Development Economics from the University of Sussex on a sabbatical. Started my career as a University Lecturer, and joined I.A.S. in 1969. Later joined Central Administrative Tribunal. Now fully retired, pursuing my hobbies, and doing nothing else.

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