tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38842532585636128702026-04-06T23:19:47.117-07:00This DOOBLOG is dedicated to all of us GABRIELITES/ANG-DEPSIITES who, during the class, have spent their energy and talent resources in creating DOODLES while going through the motions of listening to the teacher. HAPPY DOODLIN' ! ! ! !Alldisdoodlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17552725916394769110noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884253258563612870.post-31899812372155424572020-06-03T06:46:00.001-07:002020-06-03T06:46:57.038-07:00

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Lockdown-4 Go Green. Hip,hip hurrah! The district of Hardwar, Uttrakhand has been given the status of Green amidst the Covid-19 precautions and relaxations. The restricted freedom, bestowed on us beleagured citizens, is being celebrated albeit with caution. On the flip side there are areas in many states which are still under strict restrictions being given the RED ZONE tag.

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A relevant topic in the media is the lockdown. Good or bad, this has affected us in as many ways as the colours of the rainbow. For many, it has been a tragic experience, for some a new way to make money and for others a stagnation. But the common thread which binds us all is the experience. The way our lives been been totally turned around, is new. A kaleidoscope of scenes in "I am Legend"

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The Smartphone! I am back!. Having left the DPS, Bhagalpur in 2019, I finally came back to my roots. It was saddening as well as exhiliriating. To finally come back home! with technology evolving, I was able to keep stock of my 9 years of memory at the school with me. The smartphone is really one of the better gifts of this contribution of  the inventors. And these past two months have

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Back to the Pavilion, finally Looking down the Canal The thought of returning to my hometown had been on my mind since 2017. However, it was being delayed for one reason or another. Finally, I had to put my foot down. I went back with my son(the youngest) to my institution of employment, stayed there for a month, and then took that ONE STEP, a giant leap for me, and returned to Roorkee.

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Freedom! This word brings to my memory a beautiful song of the same name sung by Richie Havens, an Afro-American. This was first performance at the first Woodstock festival in 1969/70-- three days of music, music and music. If you watch the video of the Woodstock one thing is very clear -- the sense of freedom among the over two million youngsters who had attended the festival. No police, no

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The past few months have been quite hectic. With the opening of a new Delhi Public School at Greater Ranchi and shuttling between Bhagalpur and Ranchi, really put me off rails for a short time. starting a new school was quite an experience for me. Nevertheless, another experience in this life before it is cut short. I realized that keeping oneself involved and thus busy keeps one in good health

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Life Against Death:(Photo credit: Wikipedia) Poets and writers down the centuries have talked about life and death in the same breath. Life is a gift that is to be preserved and lived to its fullest. But then, what is living? What is our purpose in life? These questions have troubled humans over the centuries and still there is no one answer. Religion plays an important role in

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Today after, it seems ages I have had the chance to bang at the keyboard again. It has been really very long period of time. Here, in the backwater of Bihar, the net-connectivity is bad, and real bad. I had purchased a tata-docomo dedicated dongle, but after a few months, the Tatas withdrew this service in the part of Bihar. Ha! It seems that they could not get the proper response from here. .

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From my daughter, a Tribute of sorts (Overwhelming): World Of My Own: Me And My Old Man: There's something about my old man, On my chocolates he never puts ban, A lot he loves to travel, Leaves puzzles for me to unravel. ...

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As we leave school, we are very eager in keeping in touch with or class mates and we do that quite often. Some also attend the same college and keep alive the memories of the school-days. However, in my case, most of my class mates were from quite afar, some even children of army personnel. Surely but slowly, we all drifted away, lost touch with each other as we found new

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Basilica of Our Lady of Graces, Sardhana, Meerut, India  (Jitendra Singh : Indian Travel Photographer) Boy, it is always good to be back home....The memories of Mussoorie shoot across my memory screen and I feel very very homesick even today..Getting down at Delhi, my son looked neither left nor right, went straight to the bus departure site, without refreshing ourselves

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The Heat and the Dust Through the haze The weather was turning hot and hotter. The gods had decided to sleep it off and left the humans to the mercy of the elements, in this case the sun. The humidity added to man’s woes. Even the wind was heated as if it had had an argument with the sun and lost….it blew hot, and whirled the grains of sand around the campus. The nose, the ears

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These past couple of months have been a long and sad story. My connection to the net was very rudely severed as the gadget I was using just gave up on me.And gave up how! Unfortunately for me the warranty/guarantee had just finished and I was not within the purview of its advantages. I just stood at the periphery, wondering why the damn thing had not given up earlier so I could take advantage.

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Image via Wikipedia Preparing 4 d xams The day of the examinations is a great day for all of us as and when we had to face the Board Exams. This has been the traditional feelings. It was the same when I had to appear for my senior secondary exams and so it is today. I still remember that day. On that morn (it was sometime in the beginning of month of March. My mother had , as usual got

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Image via WikipediaI still remember the day . . . .it was 1969 February.(the exact date is not important). We were called to the small lawn opposite the Principal's residence. Bro. Julian (my father always called him Juliet: Y? I don't have the foggiest idea) and Mr Sawhney, our first maths teacher was also present. We felt pretty awkward in our simple civvies. There was a simple

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My journey along the teaching highway was begun with my initiation into a Christian missionary school.This journey would take me through a whirlpool of incidences that sucked me into the vortex of discipline, order, obedience; simultaneously, the formal studies were never neglected. The enthusiasm, the fervour was always there, plus the teaching faculty ! They too were

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Image by Shooting Paradise via Flickr THE EVERPRESENT GANGA It has really been along time since I last wrote for the blog. However, this time was well spent. Having broken free of the routine since the last five years, some time was spent on introspection and then out of the blue came this wonderful offer of change. A change that was a long time coming. A change that for long was paid

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Image via WikipediaToday I finally got down to banging away at my keyboard to bring this post out. However, I managed to do this after having climbed up after the CRASH ! Where ? What ? I think I said right - CRASH ! Of all the things in heaven and earth, my hard Disk took a dive and crash headlong, This was a crash without a sound, just like the atomic bomb, dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki,

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Image via Wikipedia Modern-Day Idd-Prayers Image via Wikipedia Ye-Olde Idd-Prayers (circa 1900)  I think reading the third part will take some patience and after the usual OH Hell ! A third part !!! But before we delve into the musings of Cadet Druv, a look around would be ideal. The exams for the seniors have finished, while the exams, according to the new CBSE rules, for the IX will

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Like in the movies business, there was a time when Part-II or a sequel was a must. So is this. Continuing the journey of  Dhruv's experience: EMBLEM: Western CommandServices Selection Board The candidates who are screened are again divided into 4- 5 groups and are shifted to new barracks and rest of the candidates who are screened out are taken back to the railway station after they are

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Image via WikipediaThe other day I was rumaging through some documents when I came across a letter, rather a write-up about an experience of a lifetime (for him). The young man is Dhruv, a Gabrielite, a person who had the fire to join the Indian Army. He finally achieved his dream; after joining he jotted down his experience which I am reproducing, word for word(so help me God):NATIONAL DEFENCE

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During a lifetime, one meets many of his species which inhabit this earth. There are meetings and partings. We study in school and change our friend circle when changing schools becomes the only option. Some fail and juniors become companions. During this shifting and sweepings of life the only thing which remains with us is our memories. These memories remain in our sub-conscious till

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Cover via AmazonRULES ! We have been hearing these words ever sine we started on the journey of life. There is a rule for this, a rule for that, inspite of which rules are seldom followed. Sounds very strange ! Strange but true ! We challange the very rules of gravitation, rules at home and not forgetting the rules at school, which we do love to break and be heard breaking them ! That's the

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