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Surendra

Surendra (Resurrected)

About Me

I am an entrepreneur. Belonging to a leading industrial family of India I have led a varied, busy life. I retired from active business activities at the start of the new millenium.I live in Calcutta but spend nearly six month from October to March travelling with my base in New Delhi. I travel a lot to Vrindavan, the abode of Lord Krishna and hope to settle there one day.I am a graduate from Calcutta University.Strayed into politics in my early years and was elected to Parliament - Lok Sabha (House of the People)in 1967. I was a rare first timer to have been mentioned in TIME twice in a fortnight.Have travelled extensively in Europe and the USA.I am happily married with two sons who are married and have a child each.

My Interests

Reading, writing and watching cricket is a passion. I am now deeply into spirituality and reading ancient Hindu treatise on the subject.

I'd like to meet:

Interesting people with a verve for life.I thrive on the friendship of humorous, witty and joyous friends. I would love to meet people with similar traits.

Music:

I love to listen Hindi bhajans. Once in a while old film songs. English songs prior to 1980s.

Movies:

Hardly ever.

Television:

Only news and religious discourses.

Books:

Presently reading: MOHANDAS by Rajmohan Gandhi, THE LAST MUGHAL by William Dalrymple,TIPPING POINT by Malcolm Gladwell and THE GREAT INDIAN FAMILY by Gitanjali Prasad.

Heroes:

Mahatma Gandhi and John F. Kennedy

My Blog

Naturally Yours (SBT)

I don't write on explicit sex. Maybe I can't. Sometimes I visit Buddha Mama's SBT. I love to read most of her blogs. Once I had submitted a humorous story with sexual innuendos which was loved by th...
Posted by Surendra on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:41:00 PST

God+U+I= dance

When I meditated on the word Guidance, I kept seeing "dance" at the end of the word. I remember reading that doing God's will is a lot like dancing. When two people try to lead, nothing feels right. T...
Posted by Surendra on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:29:00 PST

10 facts about me

  ..> ..> EVELYN tagged me. She had posted a blog on 10 random facts about herself and asked me, among others to write about myself. Evelyn is a good friend and a very nice soul with a reli...
Posted by Surendra on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 07:49:00 PST

THE ELVIS YEARS

The 1950s were the era when Elvis reigned supreme. Those of us who were young at that time this was a boisterous period. Most MySpacers were not born then. For them these pieces of conversation, culle...
Posted by Surendra on Tue, 22 May 2007 06:24:00 PST

POPULATION EXPLOSION -- defused?

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Posted by Surendra on Sun, 20 May 2007 06:23:00 PST

Zip Zapped

This is a story, nay a query about zips.                               ...
Posted by Surendra on Wed, 16 May 2007 04:32:00 PST

Resurrected

I am not afraid of my death anymore.      I saw my end unfold with my own eyes. Early morning on 27th April, I was working on MySpace answering mails and leaving comments when I decided...
Posted by Surendra on Sun, 13 May 2007 02:57:00 PST