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Bang! Bang! And Gun Control..!
‘Bang! Bang! Bang!’ Not once, not thrice either, but dozens of rounds, from a lethal AR-15 assault rifle! Not in
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Teach Your Child to Fly ..!
As I drove to the airport that day, early this morning, my heart was heavy with sadness, I was going
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A Road Called Democracy..!
There are many who’ve tried to define democracy, and there are many definitions for the same, but when I think
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Mrs Kapoor’s Change of Heart..!.
“I am a very secular person!” announced Mrs Kapoor one day to the girls at home, who were her paying
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Loving Unconditionally..!
During Lent, a question asked frequently is, “Why would a God die on a cross for His people?” And then
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No Trumpets on the Other Side..!
There were trumpets and fanfare as his coffin was carried! A few months ago, I heard about a funeral in
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Teach Them To Love..!
Like the man on the moon, there is an old man in Mars, and rumour has it that he knows
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Mr Pointed Ears..!
Two years ago, a new dog, with long pointed ears, entered the colony I live in. Nobody wanted the new
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The Defective Weighing Machine..!
Haven’t been to a station in a while, and I’m not sure they have weighing machines on railway platforms like
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No Debates in India..!
As I watch the Bengal elections, I imagine a foreigner friend asking me, “How can a candidate win an election
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Sailing a Ship..!
What if Earth is a ship on which we are sailing? What if each country has a certain portion of
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Strange Look in Her Eyes..!
She was still staring at her husband; eyes full of love, and yes, some other expression, as though she was
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