In what far-off country,
Upon what obscure day
I know not now,
Seated in the gloom of—
Some Mahratta mountain-wood
O King Shivajee,
Lighting thy brow,
Like a lightning flash,
This thought descended
(upon you) —
“Into one virtuous rule,
This divided,
Broken,
Distracted India,
I shall bind.”
—Rabindranath Tagore
(Nobel laureate)

• Born in a reputed, educated and philanthropic Zamindar Vaishnava family of Khekra, district Meerut (now Baghpat) in Uttar Pradesh.
• Post-Graduate in Hindi Literature, English Literature and Education; also research scholar under Delhi University.
• Ex-Principal and Director, Delhi Bureau of Text Books.
• Ex-All India General Secretary of Bharatiya Sahitya Parishad, a literary organization of all the languages of India, for a number of years and member of Hindi Academy, Delhi.
• An avid reader and prolific writer, Shri Aadeesh has more than a dozen books on varied subjects in Hindi and English languages to his credit.