After Parsis, Anavils ( Anavil Brahmins , અનાવિલ બ્રાહ્મણ ) are the fastest decreasing community. The total population of Anavils around the world does not e…
The sun is hot, so provides heat... It's enlightened, so provides light... Gujarati synonyms for the sun are Suraj (સૂરજ), Bhaskar (ભાસ્કર), Rav…
Being a member of the male-dominated culture and having an Anavil inheritance of male-ego, I was wrongly considering myself superior to my wife Dr Bhavana D…
We visit Saputara (the only hill station in Gujarat) round the year for pleasure trips. Similarly, the devotees of Sai Baba visit Shirdi frequently. For a c…
Whatever idealistic discussions we do, there are certain emotions that come out without our will – involuntarily. Hatred is one of them. I shall introduce the …
Computer users having internet connection are most of the time restricted to Social Media like "Facebook" or just reading E-mails received. Here is a…
Respect : If someone respects you, you like that. If someone respects you, you reciprocate by respecting him/her. (The person concerned may be good or bad.…
Destination Wedding : It is a wedding event generally held far away from residences of the would-be couple. Here, the wedding is hosted in a location where g…
Praise : We are fond of being a man in the crowd of the herd, having a herd mentality, just copying and doing what others do... be it praising Sachin Tendulka…
We often get impressed by someone very easily and carried away to praise, appreciate and raise above oneself. All around us follow and a big crowd of followers…
Take a pledge this Dasserra: Decide the dates for meeting parents staying away If by chance your parents are staying away from you, fix minimum two to th…
Your Relations/Friends and You ! Every relation has three possible situations: Relation with both Love and Respect Relation, but neither Love nor Respect …
Check whether you have any one of the following: You have stopped long walks, though you are not physically unfit. You have started eating more than you we…
I say, do not remove shoes outside the house! People expecting or demanding you to remove the shoes outside their entrance must be sure of a clean and smooth…
Agenda: ‘Lecture on Organ Donation and Body Donation’ – by Dr Prafull Shiroya (Lokdrushti Trust, Surat) ‘Problems of a Blind Person & Her/his Developme…
Present generation young people talk and express their views most of the times in English . But when it comes to expressing personal emotions of love and aff…
Facebook activeness demands offering/sharing your views and getting the responses from your FB friends. If you do not share anything, all you are left with i…
Our recent tour of Kutch landed an interesting coincidence. I (Dr Bharat Desai), my wife Dr Bhavana, and our friends Dr Vijay Desai, his wife Meena Desai, Bep…
Workshop by parents of a son and/or daughter on marriage is a must. Parents should enlist and explain in details the Do's and Dont's for succes…
Creative genius Swami Vivekananda gave guidance to the youth of the world and showed the light to all. Mr A R K Sharma, a Gold medalist in Science and Electro…
For those who do not learn from history, history teaches them a lesson at a great cost. We - the Indians - neither create history nor read history, and so w…
In a lifetime, we often face a situation called PROBLEM. And facing this makes us tense and stressful. I am trying, in this article, to come out with a formul…
When I started writing on my blog , I used to ask myself if I should write at all. If yes, why? I would like to share my views on this topic with you. I wri…
A student of History has to understand Geography, Economics and Anthropology simultaneously. A person curious to know about world history has to proceed step …
Time spent in reading the newspapers and magazines we buy regularly: Most of the morning passes with newspapers and the rest of the available time is spent i…
Friends and friendships in a freeze : If you did not have any meeting, letter-exchange, SMS or phone conversation in the last 365 days (one full year) with y…
Everyone knows and understands the difference between the close-ones and the distant. But nobody would love to hear oneself being introduced as a distant relat…
Continuation of Basics of Christianity The Holy Bible : This time I am going to detail on New Testament of the Holy Bible. As you all know, the holy bib…
Because of the fashion of the day, most of the invitations with the tag of lunch and/or dinner are having buffet style of serving food; sitting on the floor w…
I am introducing here world spread religion having 5.5 million followers, mainly in India and abroad like USA, UK, Canada, East Africa and many other countrie…
As we know, a birthday comes once every year. We are not talking here about many birthdays a year for some secret reasons. And it is a story of the past when …
"Because" in relations... Because you did not attend my wedding, I will not attend yours. Because you did not attend my parents' funeral, I w…
Whether one should watch 'OMG - Oh My God' movie or not? For that matter, this applies to all movies... The like or dislike of someone may not be …
Expectations from "Facebook Friends" : Do share your thought-cycles, emotions and events... friends expect that! Do respond to the post you see o…
Whom to praise ? My medical college hostel-partner for six years (1969-1975) and co-student of M.B.B.S. study, Dr. Chhotubhai S Patel passed away at the age of…
" Reply "! Every letter, SMS or email addressed to you should be replied to as a mark of good courtesy and respect for the sender. What is your v…
Before demanding death, have you received the "No Objection Certificate" from your children? At a certain age, a person gets tired of one's li…
My three true stories with explanations for poor English word power. Because of exposure to television, internet, mobile and other gadgets of telecommunicat…
Camera is an optical instrument used for photography. We normally hear about, or find the below four types of cameras: Conventional with manual focus an…
One of the most important chapters in the Indian history (and equally so for Pakistan) is the partition of the nation in 1947. This article is a review of the…
I am here to warn you telling the signals of World War III. I have listed some details of the first two World Wars and wish to ask you about your action plan…
Let’s first understand the word “history”. History is a social science with storytelling. History is discovery, collection and presentation of informatio…