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पराधीन आहे जगतीं पुत्र मानवाचा

When my father passed away, my friend Pradeep Deshpande merely expressed ‘ पराधीन आहे जगती पुत्र मानवाचा ' . Ironically, this song penned by GaDiMa (गदिमा) was one of the coveted songs of my father. I grew up listening to various songs of Geet Ramayana (गीत रामायण ) – this one is also from it – but never felt the impact of the words till pangs of sorrow and separation made the essence of this poem percolate down to my inner existence. How mystically ग दि मा) used the event of the separation of Lord Rama and Bharata in conveying the profound truth and meaning of life in such a simple fluidic poetry. Sudheer Phadke who sang this and every song of Geet Ramayana has imbibed himself every nuance of the emotive spirit of this amazing literary creation . This song also reminds me of my RSS senior in my school days. I forgot his name but his image is still prominent. While going to Shishir Shibeer , in the local train, he would use quiz to entertain us. He ask

Petro Euro Vs Petro Dollar and US hegemony on world trade.

Economist is not a magazine that I look forward to when I have a choice to read. But I do get impressed when economics is made simple. One such article 'Petro Dollar and US currency 'made 'currency circulation ' a 'simplistic matter'' This was sent by Girish Deshpande in 'पुलकित' forum - yahoo group dedicated to पु.ल.देशपांडे fan club. Wonder how पु.ल.'s reaction would have been to this article in his fanclub. IRAN HAS REALLY DONE IT...more deadlier than the nuclear.. The Voice (issue 264 -) ran an article beginning, ' Iran has really gone and done it now. No, they haven't sent their first nuclear sub in to the Persian Gulf . They are about to launch something much more deadly -- next week the Iran Bourse will open to trade oil, not n dollars but in Euros' This apparently insignificant event has consequences far greater for the US people, indeed all for us all, than is imaginable. Currently almost all oil buying and selling is