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About Rachna Rajesh

After being in the chemical engineering profession for two decades, Rachna is a homemaker by choice now. She stays busy deciding which of her diverse interests to pursue, leaving little room for doing much. Reading, writing, singing, painting, making short video montages and some community service are a few things she dabbles in. Through all of this, Hindi film music and R D Burman remain a constant in her life.

How I Dived into Glass Painting

A DIY glass painting adventure sparked by a shattered prayer cabinet panel. Our reluctant artist Rachna channels her inner Van Gogh, armed with third-grade art credentials and family's skeptical support. 🎨Spoiler: She...

Creative Art

Songs of My Life: Meri Bhains Ko Danda Kyun Maara

Some songs stay on with us as golden memories of childhood. Rachna Rajesh recalls the madcap song Meri bhains ko danda kyun maara and how it resonated with her early schooling days....

Music

Woods in Water Colour

Painting with water colours is one of the fiturs of Rachna Rajesh. A fitur typically does not last more than a year for her but even in that span of time, she manages to create some excellent expressions. ...

Creative Art

Songs of My Life – Yeh Dil Na Hota Bechara

There are songs we love. And then there are songs that impact. And then there are songs that stay on as an integral part of life and memories that we love to revisit time and again to relive those cherished moments....

Memoirs

Fragmented Fetters & A Soul’s Awakening

Two wistful poems by Rachna Rajesh celebrate life in its diversity and entirety amid numerous shackles of bondages and hail the life force present in every element of Nature. ...

Literature

Jyoti Babel on Insignificant: Poetic Reflections on the Vast Cosmos and Self
Thank you so much for your appreciation and kind words. Hume jab ehsaas hota hai ki is brahmand mein hum bindu matra bhi nahi hai, toh sab pareshaniya...
Madhu Verma on Insignificant: Poetic Reflections on the Vast Cosmos and Self
Jyoti, bahut hi acchi poem likhi hai tumne 👌 Brahmand ki vishalta aur insaan ke chhote hone ka ehsaas itne pyaare andaaz mein bayaan kiya hai... ...
Madhu Verma on Winning the Fastest Line Follower Trophy at Technoxian World Robotics Championship
Congratulations to budding robotics enthusiasts Ayush Gupta, Shrutika Negi, and Sampriti Bisht for winning the Fastest Line Follower Trophy at the Tec...
A K Nanda on Ei Korechho Bhalo Nithur He — English Translation of Tagore’s Song
Rajan Ji I'm extremely grateful for your comments on my translation of Tagore's poem of Geetanjali "Ei Korechho Bhalo". I had to do this on the insis...
NS Rajan on Ei Korechho Bhalo Nithur He — English Translation of Tagore’s Song
Nandaji. Namashkar. I have no knowledge of Bangla. But who hasn't heard of 'Geetanjali'? it is an irony that when I was in College in 1952, I won tw...