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Your Simple Lie Detector..!
One of the toughest challenges today is not traffic, pollution, or even rising blood pressure. It is figuring out whether
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February 3, 2026
Only One Speed Saar..!
Because a wedding party was arriving at the YWCA International Guest House in Chennai, we were moved from an air
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February 1, 2026
The Indian Budget Tamasha..!
The Indian Budget is that annual national festival which arrives with great fanfare, deep mystery, and absolutely no guarantee of
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February 1, 2026
Admitting We Are Weak..!
One of my favourite verses in the Bible is tucked away quietly in Isaiah chapter forty verse twenty nine. ‘He
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January 31, 2026
Stop Performing to be Loved…!
Over the last week I have been spending time with people who were part of my growing up years. Schoolmates.
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January 31, 2026
In the Debris of a Plane Crash..!
The news came like news always does these days. Casually. Between a cricket score and a discount sale. Someone powerful
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January 29, 2026
Therapy without Walls..!
The school buildings had been torn down a year ago. Flattened. Cleared. Wiped out. All to make way for something
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January 28, 2026
Unfurling and Hoisting the Flag..!
There is a brand-new national pastime that has quietly overtaken cricket, it is the sacred art of correcting someone who
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January 27, 2026
Bleak…!
Bleak is one of those words that does not rush at you. It sits. It lingers. It looks around the
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January 24, 2026
The Silent Piano..!
At home my piano is a silent one. It stands there in the sitting room, polished, upright, respectable. Visitors notice
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January 24, 2026
Carrying More, or Less..!
Few things make a traveller more anxious than a half open suitcase. You stand there staring at it as if
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January 24, 2026
Simply Rename..!
The guardian minister for Mumbai recently visited King Edward Memorial Hospital, lovingly and universally known as KEM. A place where
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January 23, 2026