Rajbir Deswal - Instablogs
Nov 1 2009
Oasis in Osoyoos By : Rajbir Deswal & Chander Koumdi The Cascades, a mountain range east of the water body of Puget Sound was in sight with its lofty peaks. The meters high Steven’s Pass presented a commanding view. The Columbia river...which had...
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Oct 21 2009
Call of the Unknown Soldier by Rajbir Deswal Driving past Maj. Sandeep Shankla Park in Panchkula, I hazily saw certain Army and private vehicles lined up, in a thick downpour. It was some solemn ceremony going on. Army men were slow-marching with...
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Oct 18 2009
Dada Sahab Phalke award winner Manna De is the connoisseur classical singer who belongs to all times...his numbers that fascinate me the most are: Ai mere pyare watan, Sham dhale jamuna kinare,Pyar hua ikrar hua,Ye nayan daree are,Tu chhupi hai...
Oct 15 2009
Footballs all by Rajbir Deswal Look, I am a senior cop and you need to salute me,” “said Football One. “What an introduction buddy! You were a nice, round-faced, round bodied, roly-poly, rotund football. When did you become a cop, of all the...
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Oct 6 2009
Husband of my wife! By:Rajbir Deswal It was my wife’s observing her Karwa Chauth last year. Days ,months and years may have rolled into eternity for the rest of the world, but of the two of us it was as if we had been blessed with conjugal bliss only...
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Sep 26 2009
US immigration and us by Rajbir Deswal Holidaying in the US this summer, I did keep myself informed of happenings back home in India through the net, but had a total eclipse of the Shah Rukh Khan issue, which on landing I learnt, had put the entire...
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Sep 23 2009
Misplaced perceptions By: Rajbir Deswal Obviously obsessed with the pretension of studying and knowing literature, a student tells me about the marigold being a “vulgar flower”. Taken aback as I am, it is not that easy for me to gulp the bitter...
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Sep 20 2009
Of Aindees & Khoppartunns of Haryana By: Rajbir Deswal One doesn’t to be a Haryanvi to know aindees and khoppartuns because they are typical to all societies and the Haryanvi dialect has labelled them with a definite nomenclature. To pinpoint...
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Sep 3 2009
When the infant recovered, he brought her to his home and told his wife that he had found the child abandoned at a shop during patrol duty. The girl is appearing for her board exams this year. She has not picked the name of the cop as her father, but...
Aug 30 2009
It has all the ingredients of a Greek tragedy. A person of high stature, with a larger than life façade, having a tragic flaw and meeting the tragic fate at the same time. England today needs a Marlow or a Shakespeare to tell her story to the...
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