Love Letter On A PostCard

What this world needs is a new kind of army - the army of the kind. ~ Cleveland Amory There was a time when I used to play badminton, a lot. It was during my school days. I used to train myself at the GNFC Sports Complex in Bharuch (Gujarat). One fine day, during the Open Gujarat Championships that were held in Bharuch, the organizers called Mr. Prakash Padukone to provide inspiration to the young shuttlers. Prakash Padukone is a former badminton player and the first Indian to win All England Championship and also the father of Deepika Padukone . Image Source : Wikipedia.org So in the evening when he was called, we all were busy to see the champion and meet him and get autograph from him. So an autograph session was arranged wherein he can give his autographs to the budding players. I too rushed to take his autograph, but some senior players pushed me before I could reach him. He saw this. And then he called me by signaling his hand and gave me autograph with a pen on a piece of paper

The Narmada Bridge, popularly known as Golden Bridge completes 132 years today. The bridge connects Bharuch and Ankleshwar and was built by the Britishers who needed a bridge for trading and administrative purposes with Bombay (Mumbai).  The construction of the bridge started in 1861 but in 1863 the pillars got washed away by the heavy flow of river Narmada. Again in 1867 and 1871, more pillars got washed away. Finally in 1877, the Britishers undertook the job and completed it in 1881 with construction cost of Rs. 45.65 lakh. Image Source : http://www.hoparoundindia.com/gujarat/ankleshwar-attractions/golden-bridge.aspx Why the name Golden Bridge ? The material used for construction was resistant to rust and it was so expensive to build the bridge that a bridge made of gold could have been made on a small river like Thames in England. Built for the Railway Line Originally, the bridge was built for the railway line Bombay-Baroda-Ahmedabad but later it was decided to use it for vehicles a

So finally yesterday, after the Knowledge Share of Deep Patel, I went to the Ahmedabad National Book Fair (2013). Before going, I called Jalpesh and asked him to accompany me which he readily agreed. Vikrant was with Jalpesh so he too accompanied us. After having some food, we went to the Book Fair and roamed about for about 3-3.5 hours. And was amazed by the crowd there. I bought 3 books : એબ્રાહમ એબ્રાહમ લિંકન - મણીભાઈ ભ. દેસાઈ હૈયું, કટારી અને હાથ (એક નિવૃત પોલીસ અધિકારીની કારકિર્દી-ગાથા -- જુવાનસિંહ જાડેજા). સંકલન : અરુણા જાડેજા An Autobiography or The Story of My Experiments with Truth - M. K. Gandhi

It's 1st May, the day two new states were formed in India - Gujarat and Maharashtra. This year's Gujarat Foundation Day's celebrations are to be held in Navsari. Jay Jay Garvi Gujarat.

At the peak of sorrow, a man either dies or goes mad or becomes an artist. The best tunes of music, poems or ghazals composed in different languages and the world's best artifacts were created only when the pain in the heart of men blows him, demolishes his dreams and then the dried tears of his eyes flow in the form of music, poem or art work. - Yashpal Jadeja