Proclamation of emergency in the country

Emergency: Internal emergency was clamped in the country on the night of 25 June 1975. Emergency is a serious, unexpected and potentially dangerous situation needing immediate action. It is very difficult to say, whether, the emergency declared by Indira Gandhi in 1975 was good or bad. Her election to the parliament in 1971  from Rai … Read more

Commencement of the last lap

Background: MBM Engineering College was the first government engineering college established at Jodhpur in 1951 by Principal Vinayak Govind  Garde. Directorate of Technical Education of Rajasthan  started functioning at Jodhpur in 1957, with Principal Garde as the ex-officio Director of Technical Education and Chairman of the Board of Technical Education. The services of Principal VG … Read more

Our Children

Dr Rashmi Rajvanshi:  Rashmi is our second child after Mohan. She was born on 8 November, 1949 at Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh. She grew up under the loving care of our father. She was studying in a convent school at Allahabad,  when we moved to Ajmer in January 1958, where she joined     Sophia Girls Higher … Read more

Last days of Mohan

Destiny: Destiny keeps on playing hide and seek and all types of subtle games, during all the ups and downs and twists and turns of life. The building blocks of life are delicately connected with some invisible threads linked to destiny, which make life vulnerable and sometimes beyond slightest possibilities of   hope, as and when … Read more

Looking forward at Berkeley

Winter  quarter at Berkeley: University of California at Berkeley had closed after the fall quarter for winter vacations on 18 December 1970 and had opened after the vacations on 7 January 1971. University of California at Berkeley was one of the most prestigious educational institutions of USA and was ranked as number one during the … Read more

Mohan at UC Berkeley in USA

Trip to USA:  After the  completion of  ME at the University of Roorkee in June 1970, Mohan was left with very little time available to him, for taking the flight for USA.  He spent a few days at Jodhpur,  and rushed to Delhi for  the   flight to London on his way to Toronto. Air India … Read more

Early life of Mohan

Early life:    Mohan was our first child, born on 23 September 1947 at Bareilly.  He was a healthy child weighing 8 lbs on birth. While, the whole environment of the family found a pleasing change with his birth,   our father found  a long lost purpose in life. At that time, I was working  in Rohilkhand … Read more

Our Brothers and Sisters

Sushila Devi and Jai Prakash Gupta: Sushila Devi was our eldest sister. She was simple and affectionate by nature. During thirties of the last century, there was lack of rail and road communications and therefore her visits to the parental home at Bundi were very limited. She was married to Jai Prakash Gupta of Bikaner, … Read more

Our Family Tree

BRIJ BHUSHAN LAL- KALAWATI   SUSHILA-JAI PRAKASH GUPTA 2.11  SARLA,  2.12 KUSUM,  2.13 ASHOK,  2.14 SHASHI,  2.15 MANNO,                         2.16 ALOK,  2.17 ABHA,  2.18 ARTI SHEELWATI-VIDYA DHAR GOYAL                         2.21 SUMAN,  2.22 ROHIT,  2.23 LALIT,  2.24 ANIL,  2.25 SARITA SATYAWATI-JAIPRAKASH BANSAL                         2.31 USHA,  2.32 MAHENDRA,  2.33 RAJENDRA,  2.34 SURENDRA TARAWATI-DHARM PRAKASH  GUPTA                         2.41 … Read more

Our mother Kalawati

Our mother at Bundi during 1930 to 1940: Our mother Kalawati  was born sometimes in the year 1893.  She was a simple, down to earth  lady, who rose from Janupra, a small village  in Meerut District of UP. She dedicated all her life for the upbringing of  children and was inextricably tied to the household. … Read more