Deep Impressions

        हिंदी के ऐतिहासिक हमसफ़र  :  उर्दू ,  अंग्रेजी और तकनीक   Also published as an opinion piece in  Dainik Bhaskar  on Hindi Diwas (14 th  Sep 2021)       वैसे तो हिंदीभाषा की उम्र क़रीबन  1000  वर्ष हैं पर खड़ी बोली की आयु तो सिर्फ़  200  वर्ष है और अगर घटनापूर्ण इतिहास की बात करें तो पिछले  100  वर्षों अपने आप में एक विशेष स्थान रखते हैं । जितना  ‘हैपनिंग’ या जितना घटनापूर्ण हिंदी के लिए ये  100  वर्ष रहें हैं, उस उच्च स्तर का उतार-चढ़ाव किसी और भाषा ने कदाचित ही देखा होगा।     1920  के दशक में हिंदी की  सबसे प्यारी हमसफ़र थी उर्दू   । असहयोग आंदोलन और खिलाफ़ती आँदोलन के आपसी तालमेल के दौरान, दोनो भाषाओं में प्रेम इतना गाढ़ा हो गया था की बोलते वक़्त ये पता ही चलता था कि कहाँ उर्दू ख़त्म हुई और हिंदी शुरू हो गयी।   बिना उर्दू के, हिंदी भाषियों को अपने हक़ की लड़ाई के लिए ना वकील मिलता, और ना ही हलफ़नामा। और बिना हिंदी के व्याकरण के, उर्दू लड़खड़ा के गिर पड़ती। भाव वाचक संज्ञाओं ( ज़रूरत, मेहनत,  मदद,   मजबूरी,) के लिये जहां हिंदी बे-झिझक उधार माँगने  उर्दू के पास चली जाती, तो वही

Telecom and Real Estate : A strange case of similarities     अति रूपेण वै सीता चातिगर्वेण रावणः। अतिदानाद् बलिर्बद्धो ह्यति सर्वत्र वर्जयेत्।।     Extreme beauty of Sita,  Extreme haughtiness of Ravana,  Extreme charity of Bali  were the cause of their troubles.  Therefore, extreme is prohibited everywhere.     ~ Chanakya Neeti (Chapter 3, Shloka 13    )     The summary of the above i.e.  Ati Sarvatra Varjayet    (extreme is prohibited everywhere), has brought two sectors with no commonalities – Telecom and Real Estate – on the same table. The differences among these are, of course, very obvious. The former, being technology driven, represents the modern and experiences things moving at the speed of light    Real Estate represents the old and is slow in reacting to events. If Telecom costs are about a small monthly charge and Real Estate purchase is about biggest expenditure in one’s life. Differences are so much palpable that according to a few analysts the two are set at cross purpos

 Mar jaate hain aashiq, zinda reh jaati hai yaad...! Also published in moveitalkies.com  and  in The Print   Most people would have experienced Dilip Kumar through personal interactions during the last century and through documents and publications in the current century. However, my memories of the institution called Dilip Kumar are exactly the reverse. I have experienced his philosophies, his emotions and his humaneness through the documentation and communications that he had with Sterling Investment Corp Pvt Ltd during 1950s and 1960s and during a series of personal interactions with him and Saira ji at time of release of Mughal-e-Azam ( colour ) in 2004 and thereafter.   By mid 50s, Dilip Saheb was an established star and he was about to take the next leap in his career as a producer. He wanted to make a film with outdoor shoot and in colour. In those days, producers would avoid outdoor shoots due to the high costs involved. Also colour films had just arrived so was an expensive af

    Urban Realty : From Crowd to Cloud     Also published in  moneycontrol.com   Idea in brief : Agriculture economy lasted millenniums, industrial economy for centuries, and within decades of service economy dominance, we have the cloud economy.  The birth of cloud economy has interesting implications for all those connected with real estate sector        ---------------- ---------------- ----------------     ---------------- ---------------- ----------------     One hectare land :   …..When used by Agriculture employs 10 people    ……When used by Industries, employs 100 people   ……When used by Service economy, employs 1000 people     With migration of jobs across sectors, the workplace has secularly been getting densely crowded. However, the new movements called WFH ( Work From Home) and WFA ( Work From Anywhere) have suddenly turned the workplace from    ‘Crowd’ to ‘Cloud’. And this disruption has bought about several interesting nuances :    ·        Agriculture sector remained dom