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If Shoes Could Speak..!
Mine did, just now! “What’s happening?” asked my dusty brown pair of shoes, now looking almost black after lying unused
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November 2, 2020
That Night of Terror..!
As I read about the beheading and terrorist sponsored deaths in France, my mind goes to that Night of Terror
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November 1, 2020
A Letter From God..!
My friend Subbiah sent me this lovely little piece some time ago, which you’ve just got to read: It seemed
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October 31, 2020
Staying On in the White House..!
Suddenly many Americans are scared. “Trump won’t leave the White House!” they say, “even if he loses!” It doesn’t help
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October 30, 2020
The Foreign Hand..!
No, I’m not speaking of China or Pakistan, as I see you pondering and wondering who else it could be!
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October 29, 2020
Uncles With Tails..!
She was just seventeen, French and weeping on my daughter’s shoulder as she came out of the restaurant where we’d
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October 28, 2020
Cold Walls..!
And today, a story of Smiley from a play I had written years ago. Smiley was a convict imprisoned in
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October 27, 2020
Lyncher or Linchpin..!
Lynch is a bad word today, with mobs roaming the country lynching for the smallest reason and the Supreme Court
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October 26, 2020
Testing Times..!
Why did my wife go down with the Covid-19 virus? Isolated for fifteen days, initially with a high viral count?
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October 26, 2020
Smiling, Despite an Alcoholic Husband..!
She was standing alone, inside the badly lit store, sipping a soft drink. It was late in the evening. “Nothing
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October 24, 2020
Are YOU Courteous at Home?
“Your husband,” I told the pretty lady standing at the entrance of the park where I walk everyday, “is such
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October 23, 2020
Feel Good Headlines..!
“Economy at Doorstep of Recovery, says RBI guv” the headlines in today’s paper said and immediately felt a sense of
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October 22, 2020