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"'रंग पिया का सोहना' नारी-चेतना से आपूरित है। विजया भारती ने इस पुस्तक में नारी-संघर्ष की तो बात की ही है, साथ ही नारी-मन की भी बात की है। इसमें ममता, करुणा, दया आदि मनोभाव हैं, जो हमारी चेतना को जागृत करते हैं।" ये बातें गोवा की महामहिम राज्यपाल व वरिष्ठ साहित्यकार डॉ. मृदुला सिन्हा ने विश्व-प्रसिद्ध लोकगायिका श्रीमती विजया भारती के प्रथम काव्य संग्रह 'रंग पिया का सोहना' के लोकार्पण के अवसर पर कही। समारोह में मुख्य अतिथि के रूप में खास तौर पर गोवा से पधारीं डॉ. मृदुला सिन्हा ने नई दिल्ली के कांस्टीट्यूशन क्लब में आयोजित भव्य लोकार्पण-समारोह में बेहद विद्वतापूर्ण, आत्मीय और सरस वक्तव्य दिया। उन्होंने कहा कि मैंने अपनी दादी-नानी से लेकर नातिन-पोतियों तक नारी की पाँच-पाँच पीढ़ियों को देखा है, उनमें बाहरी साज-श्रृंगार, पहनावे आदि में भले ही कुछ परिवर्तन हो गए हैं, किंतु नारी की भीतरी संवेद...

दस मुँह वाले रावण रूपी दस अवगुणों काम, क्रोध, लोभ, मोह, मद, मत्सर, अहंकार, आलस्य, हिंसा और चोरी का परित्याग करके अपने अंदर रामरूपी सद्गुणों को ग्रहण करना ही जीवन का परम ध्येय होना चाहिए।  सफलता के लिए ईश्वर को केवल मानो मत, जानने की कोशिश भी करो! आइए इस शुभ पर्व पर अपने जीवन को एक नया आयाम देने की शपथ लें - विश्वात्मा ग्लोबल सोल एक ही छत के नीचे हो अब सब धर्मों की प्रार्थना!   - प्रदीप कुमार सिंह दशहरा हमारे देश का एक प्रमुख त्योहार है। मर्यादा पुरूषोत्तम श्री राम ने इसी दिन रावण का वध किया था। इसे असत्य पर सत्य की विजय के रूप में मनाया जाता है। इसीलिये दशमी को विजयादशमी के नाम से जाना जाता है। इस दिन जगह-जगह मेले लगते हैं तथा रामलीला का आयोजन होता है। दशहरे का उत्सव रखा गया है। दस मुँह वाले रावण रूपी दस प्रकार के पापों-काम, क्रोध, लोभ, मोह, मद, मत्सर, अहंकार, आल...

South Delhi Municipal Corporation SDMC about a year back had announced that it was working on a dream-project of developing famous Kalkaji Temple and its surroundings in Delhi with help of some company under Corporate-Social-Responsibility(CSR) obligations. Since both private and public sector companies have to spend some percentage of their profits under CSR, it was not difficult to find some such company to spend about rupees 10.5 crores on the ambitious project without requirement of any funds for the project from public-exchequer. But there is still no indication on working of the project. Management of Kalkaji Temple should be run on lines of famous Tirupati Temple in South India where huge earnings by way of offerings and sale-resale of coconuts and other items of ...

Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) deserves compliments for motivating Income-Tax payers by sending Certificates of Appreciation to those contributing appreciably through tax-payment. But these certificates should be sent within say a fortnight of final assessment. Moreover sending the attractive colourful certificate only through e-mail is not sufficient, because very few Income Tax payers have facility of colour-printers. These Certificates should also be sent through WhatsApp and more importantly on an attractive laminated card-paper through Speed Post so that contributors to national economy may proudly display these Certificates at their residences or work-places after getting these framed. Then more and more people will be motivated for racing for contribution of national econom...

It refers to media-reports (TOI 04.10.2019) mentioning that as many as five judges of Supreme Court recused themselves from hearing a case. Recusal by judges from cases is not uncommon. Earlier also a Supreme Court judge recused himself from the bench hearing an appeal challenging closure of politically sensitive Bofors case. A judge of Delhi High Court once recused herself from hearing a case where she herself issued notice to former President Pranab Mukerji after admitting a writ filed by some individual urging some contents of the book authored by the former President to be deleted. Recusal by judges from cases is not uncommon. Only recently a Supreme Court judge recused himself from the bench hearing an appeal challenging closure of politically sensitive Bofors case. Such recusal of...

It refers to regretting aspect of Indraprastha Head Post Office (New Delhi) sending non-issuable spoilt and even multi-pieces currency-notes for issue to account-holders at Dariba Post Office in Delhi which presently also houses work-load of since closed Chandni Chowk post-office. It is significant that account-holders have to inform for cash-withdrawal one day in advance at Dariba post-office. I withdrew cash from my savings-account from Dariba post-office on 04.10.2019 after informing on the prior day. But I was shocked that badly spoilt currency-notes in smaller denomination of rupees 50 and 100 giving very bad smell were given to me out of which certain notes were taped because of being in two pieces. Even counting of such dirty notes was tough because notes were stuck with each oth...

"अहिंसा मेरे विश्वास का पहला लेख है। यह मेरे पंथ का अंतिम लेख भी है"।  महात्मा गांधी के ये शब्द आज भी हमारे दिलों में बसे हुए हैं। आज महात्मा गांधी के 150 वें जन्म वर्ष पर, जय जगत 2020 की शुरुआत महात्मा गांधी संग्रहालय से राज घाट, नई दिल्ली तक पैदल मार्च के साथ हुई। युवाओं और अहिंसा की शक्ति के साथ, नैतिकता और न्याय पर आधारित एक अहिंसक अर्थव्यवस्था, समाज, दुनिया की दिशा में काम करना संभव है जैसे संदेशों के साथ जय जगत यात्रा की शुरुआत हुई। अभियान के मुख्य पहलू अहिंसा में प्रशिक्षण, लोगों को एक साथ लाने और ग्लोबल मार्च है। गांधी पैदल मार्च की परंपरा में, जय जगत 2020 की यात्रा नई दिल्ली (भारत) से जिनेवा (स्विट्जरलैंड) तक के लिए एक वैश्विक मार्च आयोजित करने की है। यात्रा का पहला दिन एक सम्मेलन के साथ शुरू हुआ, जहां विभिन्न राज्यों और देशों से आए हुए लोगों ने भाग लिया। एस.एन. सुभराव, आचार्य ...

Department of Economic Affairs (Union Government)  and Reserve Bank of India RBI regrettably did not make commemorative silver-alloy coins issued on 150th birth-anniversary of MK Gandhi on 02.10.2019 available for general public at face-value evidently because metal-cost in a coin was multiple times the face-value of just rupees 150, unlike on 02.10.1969 on occasion of Gandhi birth-centenary when such silver-coins were made available for general public at the then face-value since metal-value of a silver-alloy coin at that time was much lower than the then face-value of rupees ten. This is despite that fact that both RBI and Department of Economic Affairs were cautioned in advance through repeated submissions made in advance with last one posted at various portals on 26.08.2019. Silver-all...

Indian Railways deserves all compliments for connecting Vaishno Devi shrine (Jammu and Kashmir) with New Delhi with most modern and comfortable Vande Bharat Express with inaugural run from New Delhi on 03.10.2019 during auspicious Navratras. It will be a still better gift for devotees travelling through Vande Bharat Express if they are provided with added service of auto-booking of helicopter-service between Katra and Vaishno Devi for desiring passengers. Likewise collaboration can be made with some air-conditioned guest-house (private or government) for comfortable stay provided with bus-service between Katra railway-station and the collaborated guest-house for desiring passengers. Rather a package-tour between New Delhi and Vaishno Devi can be designed by IRCTC comprising of travel th...