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Khushwant Singh Wit, humour, things socio-political

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Wit, humour and all things socio-political Camil Parkhe Saturday, 16 September 2017  goo.gl/y9F2X1 Name: On India - Khushwant Singh, Edited: Mala Dayal Published: Rupa Pages: 141 Price: Rs 191 Khushwant Singh has written on a variety of issues in his very long career as a journalist and an author. A collection of writings penned by this versatile author on issues related to India and her major cities titled On India has been published recently. The book has been edited by Singh’s daughter, Mala Dayal. Name: On India - Khushwant Singh, Edited: Mala Dayal Published: Rupa Pages: 141 Price: Rs 191 Khushwant Singh has written on a variety of issues in his very long career as a journalist and an author. A collection of writings penned by this versatile author on issues related to India and her major cities titled On India has been published recently. The book has been edited by Singh’s da

Alphons in Union Cabinet: Modi reaches out to Christians in Kerala and also country

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Alphons in Union Cabinet: Modi reaches out to Christians in Kerala and also country Camil Parkhe 01.48 PM     goo.gl/xo9XHH Alphons belonged to the 1979 batch of the Kerala cadre. As a bureaucrat, he had led Kottayam into becoming the first district in state to attain 100  per cent literacy. He had won Kerala Assembly election in 2006 as an independent with support by the Left, from a Christian-dominated constituency. In 2011, Alphons had joined BJP. As a part of the recent reshuffling of his cabinet, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has tried to reach out to the Christian community in the country. The induction of KJ Alphons, a former bureaucrat and the BJP leader from Kerala is perceived as Modi’s and BJP’s efforts to woo the Christians in the country as a whole and the Christians in Kerala ahead of the general elections in 2019. In the elections to the Kerala State Assembly, the BJP co

निसर्गानं बहरलेला ‘सृजनाचा मळा’ पुस्तक - परिचय Fr Francis D'Britto

निसर्गानं बहरलेला ‘सृजनाचा मळा’ - कामिल पारखे Esakal, रविवार, 3 ऑगस्ट 2014 - 01:26 PM IST पुस्तक - परिचय आपण सदैव निसर्गाच्या सान्निध्यात असतो, मात्र या समृद्ध निसर्गाच्या वैविध्याची अनुभूती आणि आस्वाद घेणाऱ्या व्यक्ती क्वचितच आढळतात. नेहमीच उगवणाऱ्या आणि मावळणाऱ्या सूर्यात काय नावीन्य आणि सौंदर्य, असं बहुसंख्य लोकांना वाटलं तरी संवेदनाशील व्यक्तीला प्रत्येक सूर्योदयात आणि सूर्यास्तात वेगवेगळ्या रंगछटांचं नावीन्य दिसत असतं. फादर फ्रान्सिस दिब्रिटो यांनी सृष्टीच्या या वेगवेगळ्या रूपांवर केलेलं चिंतन ‘सृजनाचा मळा’ या पुस्तकात आहे. कविमनाचे फादर दिब्रिटो संवेदनाशील, हळवे आहेतच, त्याशिवाय धर्मगुरू असल्याने आपल्या आसपास असलेल्या सृष्टीतील प्रत्येक बाबीवर चिंतन आणि मनन करण्याची त्यांची वृत्तीही आहे. त्यांच्या याआधीच्या पुस्तकांतून या प्रवृत्तीची वाचकांना ओळख झाली आहे. ‘सृजनाचा मळा’ हे पुस्तक सृष्टीच्या, निसर्गाच्या वेगवेगळ्या छटांवर लिहिलेले गद्य काव्य आहे. लेखकाचं बालपण निसर्गाची हरित देणगी असलेल्या वसईतील एका खेड्यात गेलं. त्यामुळे सृष्टीच्या, निसर्गाच्या विविध रूपांची त्यांना चांगली ओ