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Glimpses into the life of an administrator
Category: Stories/Stories About Men
Meenakshi Hooja (nee Mathur) was born at Jhalawar on 26th June, 1952 and after spending early years of her childhood at Jhalawar, Bikaner and Ajmer moved to Jaipur with her parents and family. Meenakshi ... Saturday, 14 April 2018 -
“How to Make Lemonade” (If you are an officer)
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... passed away. They were written in 1952, when he was 41 years old. He was the Collector of Jhalawar District at that time. There are places where we are unable to read his handwriting - indicated below. ... Monday, 26 February 2018 -
साला, मैं तो साहिब बन गया!
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... (Chanda). Mid-1950s. Probably Bikaner. Initially he was posted to some very small towns like Alwar, Bharatpur, and Jhalawar, and then to three bigger cities - Udaipur, Bikaner, and Ajmer before reaching ... Monday, 11 September 2017 -
Hunting (?) a tiger in Rajasthan’s jungle
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... some village, and the tiger had to be killed. It may have been the jungle surrounding Alwar or may be Jhalawar. I was barely old enough to go with Daddy, and do not remember the exact year, but it was ... Tuesday, 16 August 2016 -
Jhalawar 1952-54
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... in 2004, after our father passed away. Kailash Mathur My father, Shri Khem Chand, was the Collector and District Magistrate of Jhalawar district from April 1952 to January 1954. We lived in the district's ... Wednesday, 10 August 2016 -
My Challenging, Fruitful M.A. in Economic and Public Administration
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... different towns (Alwar, Bharatpur and Jhalawar). I had two separate stints in the Happy School located at Alwar. This school still occupies a soft corner in my web of memories because it was a pioneer ... Tuesday, 11 August 2015 -
Growing Up in Small-town Rajasthan
Category: Stories/Life Back Then
... two years. Between 1946, from where my memory starts, until 1958, when I started to go college, we lived, in succession, in Alwar, Bharatpur, Alwar, Udaipur, Jhalawar, Bikaner, and Ajmer, all in Rajasthan. ... Sunday, 01 July 2007