चाह थी इक बूंद-ए-शबनम ....chaah thi ek boond-i-shabnam ki..

चाह थी इक बूंद-ए-शबनम की,दर्द का दरिया मिला,
पूनम की रात में मुकम्मल अंधियारा मिला ।
थम सकता था मेरी आँखों से आबशारों का सिलसिला,
इश्तियाक-ए-यार था मेरी पलकों में तब सींचता हुआ ।
-निलेश कुमार गौरव

Administer This..

(Published in Economic Times of 11 july 2012) Let's have another perspective, hitherto unnoticed by most intellectuals, on the way the ministries are run in the country. Most departments can be headed by an officer who may not have devoted significant practice and time in that department so as to be confident enough to infuse motivation in the staff as far as technical experience and creative prowess are concerned. An example is Indian Railways that has its chairman who invariably gets groomed in the same organisation. We are in an era where 'expertise-oriented administration' has become a crying need for the nation. Generalist-led administration of any particular department should be occupied by politicians only, such as ministers heading departments that are generally supposed to have political vision. Such systems would certainly not result into stymying the desired research and technical excellence of the department. In the changing milieu of increasing competitiveness and professional dynamism, this thought process must be imbibed in earnest.

SAAWAN

Is it the ooze of Saawan,
or latent yearning for you?
a nostalgic breeze is engulfing my being,
it seems..
a rain-ful cloud is going to burst through my eyes again!

-Nilesh Kumar Gaurav

Rain in Kolkata....

Being doused by squallish rain,
thrill to move out is weighing over the frown of thunder,
amidst prismed aura of twilight,
dusky clouds are gorgeous and tempting,
as if blackbee in mahua-bud!


@kolkata

NHAI

The organization NHAI, particularly at its higher level, is run by administrative and technical support of officers of CES(roads) i.e. Central Engineering Services (Roads)cadre. These officers directly recruited through Engineering Services Exam of UPSC get their normal posting in Ministry of Road Transport & Highways where they are supposed to be groomed to lead the bureaucracy as well as becoming road experts too. Percentage of lengths of NH entrusted to NHAI out of total NH of country is 28.24 % which consists of important roads viz. GQ,E-W &N-S corridors, port connectivity roads etc, and rest being executed by BRO and states PWD under direct supervision of the Ministry through different nodal regional offices all over the country...
published in http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/usrmailcomment2.cms?msid=12459474&mailon_commented=1&usercommentid=7367188#toreply7367188

ITS

Once ITS had been the first choice among all services of electronics stream under ESE of UPSC .Later the choice gradually shifted towards IRSSE...

Hey Meri Arzoo..

Like whirlpool of ocean,my thoughts drag on to you...

because..

like the dew on sunny sands,you are the thirst of my subconscious...

like a queen bee in a honeycomb,you are in my imagination..

like a lighthouse near the shore,you are anchor of my hope...

like blossoming buds of garden,you are everything of my creative skills...