And there you stand, beneath the perch of the old mango tree, Caressing my hair, gently, softly. And the warmth of that touch, touched my soul such, that my face radiated in its whole magnificence. And the heart melted in that radiance. My whispers dissolved into long breaths so warm, and love exuded from my eyes dazed by your charm. Beguiling, those eyes, I remember them and once again my heart skips a beat, There will be pain in love, I remember again the old caveat. And once again, my mind escapes the world and once again I feel free. And there you stand, beneath the perch of the old mango tree. V R Bhardwaj
Heard so much since last 30 days about demonetization. Right from the emotional videos to the acerbic interviews, from the blatant speeches to the new economic revelations. Unfortunately, the situation is such that everybody stands in polar positions. As the typical extremely judgemental Indians, as we are, either the people have lauded or they have criticized but not many seem to have a clearer rational view on what lies ahead. Well, to shed some light on the facts; let’s understand a few pointers. The size of India’s economy or the GDP is close to 2.2 trillion dollars or 150 lakh crore rupees . The parallel economy that is the black money economy is almost 20-30% of the country’s GDP ( as per a report by Ambit Capital research ). In fact, as per Ambit, the cost of black economy has recently gone very high & thus the black economy has shrunk from the levels of once 50-70% in 2014 (a report in The Hindu available at http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/black-economy