Patriotism Beyond a Single Day: Reflections after Independence Day 2025 Home › Essays › Patriotism Beyond a Single Day Patriotism Beyond a Single Day: Reflections after Independence Day 2025 An everyday ethic of duty, empathy and steady contribution. By Shashikant Dudhgaonkar · Published 16 August 2025 · ~4 min read A day after witnessing the … Read more
Pahalgam Massacre | Shashi’s Verse Pahalgam Massacre Tuesday, 22nd April 2025 — A Black Day Of course people will look at it through their individuality, past experiences and their ideological leanings. They will talk about terrorism or religion or lack of safety or failure of intelligence or local and international politics or our neighbouring country’s … Read more
Saw a pic of Valley of flowers, a national park in the state of Uttarakhand in India. And that inspired me to write some lines. Have shared the info about valley of flowers, the pic and my lines below. Valley of Flowers The towering mountain Looks like a maiden Wearing her colourful and long Traditional … Read more
Was on a Sunday shopping for the groceries and vegetable. And as I was moving around looking at the beautiful and multicoloured carts of the vegetable vendor’s, filled to the brim with colourful vegetables, something different passed through my field of vision. Rather a couple, the guy was north-east Indian and girl looked like she … Read more