Charles Morris comments : What an enjoyable story "Rusted Keys Wait.." It is intriguing to think of how our ancestors lived. The decisions that they made, the hardships they endured. Mitochondria DNA seems to show that humans moved from one place to another. These women (and men) made global migrations. I wonder why. Neerja Vashishta hints that she would not lose the modern conveniences. Since they did not have our dilemmas, what choices did they have? Best to you in the South Asian Women's Forum.
I just happen to come across your piece "Rusted Keys..." Very touching. Partly so becuase I hail from Gagret too. Now I am settled in Delhi where I am Associate Professor with JNU which again was mentioned. Now I am at Hong Kong as Visiting Fellow with Center for Asian Studies (Hong Kong University) and will return to Delhi mid-July. I was just curious if you would like to tell me more about you. You could see more on me at http://www.csh-delhi.com/Staff/CV/singh.htm
Looking forward to hearing from you. Swaran
Sheetal Mohan Sharma comments : Hi Neerja, It has been a very short time for me in US.But still,I was missing my hometown rather our hometown gagret, so made a google search on Gagret. To my surprise,I found your wonderful article.I am from gagret, currently here for an assignment for my company, Sapient. The pic of temple in your article is of Sheetal Devi...my name sheetal is dedicated to our deity. My mother hails from Vashishta family tree. It will great if i can hear back from you. In case you need any information, pics of gagret , please do let me know. Regards Sheetal Mohan Sharma
Deepanshu Vashisht comments : i loved it very mutch .i am also from gagret.i recoganised that tempel it is 'shitla mata'
Gaurav Thakur comments : Hi Neerja, Myself Gaurav Thakur, resident of Gagret and presently doing An MCA out of Gagret. I read the topic and it is really a good topic.
Dheeraj Thakur comments : Namaste Neerja ji, I like sheetal Bhaiya,searched for something related to our lovely hometown Gagret and read ur story.I also belong to Gagret.first of all i thought that there may be,any other Gagret in the world when i was reading it But after finding the HOLY place of 'Mata Sheetla Devi' in the photograph i could not just rely on my eyes that this is ours.Anyway i m residing in Chandigarh from last 4 years but i have lot of Love for my home town like you. Regards!!! Dheeraj Thakur
