Columns

They are Not Weak..!
There’s something about silence from a smaller person that emboldens the bully. Gives him a sense of victory. Makes him
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Handling Disappointment..!
So, there I was, staring at my phone, waiting for the “ding” that never came. The email? Never arrived. The
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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
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You Who Survive..!
Oh how I relish my morning coffee, and it was while I was into my third cup this morning—that I
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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.
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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
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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,
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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
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Woman Caught for Shoplifting..!
Have you seen that video? The one where an Indian woman in Los Angeles is caught shoplifting, her cart bursting
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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
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‘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
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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
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