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Tall Men Don’t Bend..!

There’s something majestic about a tall man or woman walking straight and proud. And no, I don’t just mean the

July 25, 2025

You Who Survive..!

Oh how I relish my morning coffee, and it was while I was into my third cup this morning—that I

July 24, 2025

Pushing Past the Too’s..!

It was a few days ago that I visited my cousin in New Haven, Connecticut, and met his fifteen-year-old granddaughter.

July 23, 2025

The Arrogance of Our Nation..!

Arrogance, my dear reader, is not a trait you’ll find in confident people. It’s what you find in people who

July 22, 2025

A Vice-President Resigns..!

Seventy-four. In most families today, that’s the age you’re expected to finally go on that Europe trip, take up pottery,

July 22, 2025

A Country Crippled by it’s Past..!

Quite often—no, delete that—very often, a good psychologist, especially the expensive kind who has a couch and not just a

July 19, 2025

Woman Caught for Shoplifting..!

Have you seen that video? The one where an Indian woman in Los Angeles is caught shoplifting, her cart bursting

July 19, 2025

A Catastrophe is Not Bad Karma..!

Someone turned to me the other day and said with great philosophical finality, “Well, it was his karma, no?” The

July 18, 2025

‘Convert Confidence in Ourselves’ Law..!

As I sip my morning coffee and flip through the papers, I can’t help but notice something that’s becoming as

July 17, 2025

An Indian Makeover Is a Must..!

Was chatting yesterday with an editor of an American magazine. Now she may have looked like the average Manhattan professional—coffee

July 16, 2025

The Captain, Compassion, and Suicide..!

The world, it seems, is no longer whispering. It’s murmuring loudly, speculating wildly, and pointing fingers with grim certainty at

July 15, 2025

Andy the Ant..!

“Humans,” sighed Andy the little Ant, flattening himself against a cracked tile, “have only one purpose in life: to kill

July 15, 2025

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