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EXPERIENCING THE LORD OF SHIRDI

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I, as a child, always had a keen interest to know more and more about human gods. I remember asking my parents regarding the difference between worshipping a god and a human god. My grandmother used to reply, “There are no such human gods. God is one.” But since my childhood days, I always used to hear about people worshipping human gods who existed among us in our society. Nevertheless, I never bothered to believe such people. But things changed suddenly. As time passed by and I entered my college life, I started believing the power of human gods. Today, I am a firm devotee of Shri Shirdi Sai Baba. I do not have any particular memory on how I suddenly changed myself into a Sai devotee. But, yes, me and my family have always been experiencing a presence of him in our family since past few years. My father was the first devotee of Baba in our family. He used to donate a few amount on every Thursdays to a Sai Baba Temple near to his office. He started contributing money without

Byline in HT

One of the article of my choice which came published in Hindustan Times, Ranchi Edition. PRESS OWNERS SAY ELECTIONS FETCH THEM BIG MONEY Meera V Nair jam.live@hindustantimes.com Jamshedpur : Change is the only constant in life. But even after years, banners and posters remain the unsurpassed medium for political campaigning.  HT met some of the Jamshedpur's top printers to get a peek into the changes that this unsurpassed mode of campaigning has gone through in terms of designing and printing material. "Election banners and posters might be primitive but the medium is the most effective for election campaign", said Salim of Steel Printers. He added that over the years, parties have demanded additional colours and effects on the government -approved design to make the banners, posters or flags catchy. "However, the printing matter is given by the party and is not tampered with." According to Salim, during elections there is an increase o