50 years ago today Indira Gandhi went to Haldighati to mark the 400th anniversary of the famed battle there that made Maharana Pratap inspirational and immortal. She addressed a huge public gathering there.
On the morning flight to Udaipur she happened to come across the day’s edition of the Hindustan Times. The front page carried an unusual picture—that of the Great Indian Bustard that was facing near-extinction. There was a news report on page 4 that she also read. On landing in Udaipur she met with some bird enthusiasts led by Harsh Vardhan, then a member of the Rajasthan Wild Life Board.
This sequence of events triggered the conservation programme for the Great Indian Bustard as well as steps to establish the sprawling Desert National Park near Jaisalmer and Barmer.
The Great Indian Bustard is still critically endangered and continues to face several threats. But hopes have been kept alive since that flight to Udaipur on June 21, 1976. It had actually been proposed as the national bird by none other than the famed ornithologist Salim Ali in 1961. However two years later the Indian Board for Wild Life chaired by the erstwhile Maharaja of Mysore Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar had selected the peacock as the national bird for compelling historical, mythological, cultural, and religious reasons.
When Sachin and Kambli stitched that 664 run partnership which made them overnight stars a certain Amol Mazumdar waited for 2 days with his pads on for his chance. What he didn't know was that this would go on for 2 decades because even after raking up more than 11 thousand first class runs he never got the chance to don the blue jersey. Now he has headed a team that has won a WC. This is straight up a Bollywood level script ....
From being in dilemma that whether my fav podcast will ever start after season 1 to it is being on Times Square..
Thank you all the stakeholders @kuldeepmishra@kamleshksingh@007asifkhan@aajtakradio
Jai ho..!!
सर-ए-कक्षा तुम्हें 10 तक पहाड़ा याद रहता है
मै पिटता हूं, मुझे लाफ्टर तुम्हारा याद रहता है
तुम्हारी टेस्ट कॉपी में भी टीचर स्टार देती है
हमें जिसने फ़क़त मुर्गा बनाया, याद रहता है
छमाही का हम अपना रोल नंबर भूल जाते हैं
तुम्हारे तो तिमाही का भी नंबर, याद रहता है
मेरा साला समझता है वो मुझको कूट पाएगा
उसे कह दो, के जीजा ही सदा उस्ताद रहता है
बड़ा डेंजर है अंकल जो तुम्हारे साथ रहता है
तुम्हारा बाप है बस इसलिए आज़ाद रहता है
वो पिछली बार 2 झापड़ मुझे क्यूं मार पाया था?
चूंकि क्रोध मेरा चार झापड़ बाद रहता है
~भवदीय चौबे
नंबर-एक कॉमेडी पॉडकास्ट: तीन ताल
I am a big fan of @joerogan and @Broacha_Cyrus for their natural wit. It's truly overwhelming to witness Teen Taal rise to become the number one comedy podcast in India. Much love to 'Teen Taaliyo'!
Source: Apple Podcasts
- Warner retired.
- Boult retired from T20I.
- Rohit retired from T20I.
- Kohli retired from T20I.
The favourites of Childhood Era are coming to an end soon. 🥺
Former PM of India Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on 21 May 1991. Working with the BBC Hindi Service in London, I was a part of the radio prog. presented by Achala Sharma on the morning of 22 May 1991 that went on to win an international award. The highlight of the prog was an exclusive int with Cong leader Narsimha Rao who said he was ready to lead the party. Rest is history! The prog is rich in content, having sound clips of RAJIV GANDHI, Rao, Gyani Zail Singh, Ajay Mushran, TSV Hari, Jasvinder Singh, Prabhash Joshi, Inder Malhotra, Onkar Nath Srivastav, Shafi Jamie, Madhukar Upadhyay and many others. @pankajPachauri
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