Satyanarain Goel

7. Mohammadpur Powerhouse

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Back to Roorkee: We landed at Roorkee in November 1948. Rai Sahib Kanahiya Lal the elder cousin of our father was extremely happy to see all of us there. He had about nine bunglows in the cantonment area at that time. He made one of the bunglows available to us. We stayed in that bunglow … Read more

6. Our life at Bareilly

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Family moves to Bareilly: Most of the members of the family stayed on at Meerut for a week or ten days after the marriage. Those were the days, when prolonged stays of girls at the parental house was considered as something usual. Most of the time was taken by post marriage rituals and ceremonies and … Read more

5. Marriage at Meerut

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Lala Ratan Lal: Lala Ratan Lal was the elder cousin of our father Brij Bhushan Lal. He was working as an assistant engineer at Kota, when our father was working at Bundi. He was the patriarch of our family. After his retirement from Kota he settled down at Dehradun and set up a showroom for … Read more

4. My days at Bareilly

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Jharekhapur: I took up my first regular assignment as Sub-divisional Officer of Rohilkhand Canals in the rank of Assistant Engineer at Bareilly in July 1946. Soon after, I got a canal telegram from the Superintending Engineer Sarda Canals, directing me to meet him by first train at Jharekhapur. For a moment it was very unsettling, … Read more

3. Bareilly

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Bareilly: Bareilly has always been a prominent and flourishing town of U.P. It lies mid-way between Delhi and Lucknow, with Rampur and Moradabad on the west side and Shahjahanpur and Hardoi on the east side. It is a gateway to the Himalayas with Haldwani, Kathgodown and Nainital facing it in the north. Bareilly lies on … Read more

2. Banda

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Bundelkhand: Bundelkhand covers the gently rolling country between river Yamuna on the north and Vindhyachal mountain ranges on the south. There are a number of hill streams and rivers, which flow through the area, rising from the southern mountain ranges and flowing in north easterly direction, ultimately meeting river Yamuna. The prominent rivers of the … Read more

1. Bulandshahr

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Indo Gangetic Plains: Himalayas with all its mountain ranges is sitting right on the top of India, while the Deccan Peninsula occupies the southern triangle from sea to sea. The area lying between the foothills of Himalayas and the Deccan plateau is in the form of a big trough. It extends from Arabian Sea in … Read more

20. Sabka Sath Sabka Vikas

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Sabka Sath Sabka Vikas: Sabka sath sabka vikas or surging ahead, hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder, is an   excellent  concept. It conveys almost everything for making this world a better place, than what it is and for flashing a glow on the faces of  almost everybody, irrespective of his or her caste, creed, … Read more

19. Crimes and Criminality

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Crimes: Look at any of the newspapers, anywhere and in any language,  and you will find the papers full of news about all types of crimes perpetrated by different types of people, almost everywhere. The electronic media vies with each other in picking up the minutest details of criminal acts, and they keep harping about … Read more

18. Inequalities and Diversities

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Inequalities and diversities: Man has been gazing at the twinkling little stars since times immemorial. He has been fascinated all the time by those luminous dots hanging in the skies with invisible threads. There are billions and billions of stars, big and small, rushing through the unbounded space in the universe. The chase goes on … Read more