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The old man at the puncture shop, looked at me with quiet patience as I stood at his shop. “Quick!”

August 16, 2019

It made delightful news to hear Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman had been awarded the Vir Chakra! We all remember the

August 15, 2019

I stood at attention as the strains of Jana Gana Mana ended, and the National Flag was unfurled. I watched

August 14, 2019

Today you and I communicate more than ever before, and through the mobile, social media, TV, radio and other ways

August 13, 2019

While shopping the other day, I noticed I was paying more attention to the pavement I was walking on then

August 12, 2019

“What wrong have I committed bishop?” “You own a car!” And that is the wrong a religious body feels an

August 11, 2019

Even as I hear jubilation from all corners of India, and men and women clothed in saffron and otherwise, expressing

August 10, 2019

’Twas just the other day I read about a contest which offered a luxury sedan as a prize, and I

August 9, 2019

Without going into the merits or demerits of the events in Kashmir, I feel that India has the biggest opportunity

August 8, 2019

It’s been just over three years ago, I heard that my closest friend, a novelist, dramatist, and also a newspaper

August 7, 2019

With patriotism being questioned, sedition being defined and a strange nationalism being the criteria for motherland loyalty, we may have a confused

August 6, 2019

It’s an old house in the outskirts of Bangalore. I marvel at the fact they have not pulled it down.

August 5, 2019

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