Don't Stop

                              DON'T STOP           by Sebastian Onciu         Don't stop searching for the light         Even in the darkest night         Trust yourself, follow your soul     ...

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driving a Bike in the Himalayas

My Enfield and the Himalayas and a Girl behind you I love Long Drives Through Mountains on my Enfield Bike The Royal Enfield “Bullet” is my favorite motor bike. I prefer the 500cc, 4 stroke model and I find it is the slickest bike available in India. The bike is now manufactured at Chennai as the English company has folded up and sold its logo and assets to an Indian company. The Royal...

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Join Our New Preferred Writers Home Site

Preferredwriters.enjin.com All current Preferred Writers as well as those seeking invite are asked to register at our newly opened home site at http://preferredwriters.enjin.com. Registration is free and more features and tweaks are provided there to help you refine, source, link, share and connect! All writers/readers are welcome and you can start writing upon registration. We still have plenty of...

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Glory of India: The Muslim pir in Mumbai

The Muslim Pir in Mumbai: a Man with Uncanny Powers. Updated on July 18, 2013 The Pir who is no more The Pir with Supernatural Powers Mohamedali Road is part of old Bombay. It has an old world charm and is a predominant Muslim populated area. There is an old mosque and around it some buildings which are old and popularly referred to as chawls. One such chawl referred...

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The Chamar Regiment of the Indian Army

The Chamar’s are classified as a backward community. They constitute about 50 million Indians and have a history of being warlike. Basically Chamar’s are cobblers and belong to the lower castes. The Indian army, in particular the Infantry battalions are mostly caste based. Thus we have the Sikh, Jat, Gurkha, Rajput, Dogra, Maratha, Mahar and Punjab regiments. All the regiments are from the higher...

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Snake Charmer in India : an Old Relic

Snakes and Charmers: Indian speciality For centuries during the days of the British Raj, India was known as the land of snake charmers and sadhus who performed the proverbial rope trick. One reason for this was the abundance of snakes especially the deadly cobra, which incidentally is revered in Hinduism and thus not to be killed. It was important to trap the cobra and not kill...

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Memory of Visiting the Artillery Centre at Nashik Road

The Arty Centre Gunners As a bachelor I was posted to Artillery Centre at Nashik Road. I was part of the Air Force element of the helicopter units attached to the Artillery Centre. The Artillery centre in Nashik Road is over a 125 years old and was set up by the British Indian army to train gunners. Earlier it was a British cantonment and was much liked by the...

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Seekyt Goes Off the Deep End on Payment -- Unfair to Writers

I know this PWG blog is defunct, but since I posted here several times about Seekyt, I have to report the admin has made a decision about payment I not only disagree with, but it has made my previous articles false advertising. Seekyt has now hit upon the terrible and unfair idea of rewarding their top 10-20 (or 30 depending on how you read the past couple of correspondences) for the revenue on...

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Modi is Cornered by Patel Agitation and better approve OROP

What Next in the OROP ? * The Modi government is under siege and one  cant help feeling that its it own creation. The agitation of teh ex servicemen for a legitimates demand has been stalled by Modi, but now the birds have come home to roost with the agitation of the Patels in Gujarat  for reservation. This demand in contrast to the Es servicemen's demand is unholy as the Patels...

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The Mystery of How to Lie on a Bed of Nails: Proverbial Indian Trick

.Herbert Ponting took a photograph of a Hindu fakir or sadhu in 1907. This man was a yogi who had perfected the control of mind over body and as such could withstand pain to his body as a routine. The Fakir sat on a bed of nails completely oblivious to any pain the nails might cause him. The question that must be answered is whether the fakir was doing something extraordinary or it was something...

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