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The Troublesome Rays

                                                              The Troublesome Rays This completely unplanned journey at the behest of my newly discovered cousin has been quite helpful in terms of discovering and exploring various aspects and perspectives in life. Traveling through the capital with a completely new mindset contradictory to the perception I always had of this city, I felt enlightened and also as if I was held back by many wrong notions till now. True said, nothing opens your mind like travel. So with a completely no set itinerary, this journey started and as an avid reader, I had company in the form of a book recently gifted by my age old friend Jay. Knowing my love for the works of Paulo Coelho, I this time received “Like the Flowing River”, a series of incidents and thoughts at various points in the writer’s l...

WINTER IS COMING!!!!

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Winter is Coming!!! With the winter elections almost at the doorsteps in Gujarat, it is but obvious that the political parties are in full swing to take over the most developmental state of the nation. The dates have been declared and the election propaganda has started. Both BJP and Congress have been having heated debates with numerous statements and remarks being hurled from both the ends. Actively ruling for more than two and a half decades, the BJP although has a strong hold over the Gujarat, there are certain setbacks that have left BJP with no choice but to put extra efforts in the campaigns this time. Talking in particular, reforms such as Demonetisation and GST are yet to be digested by the common man. Until seen in clear light and with a long term vision, these measures are still being thought of as autocratic and a sore to the otherwise supportive public. A recent conversation with a cab driver in Ahmedabad encouraged me to write on this. The conversation started of...