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Unfurling A Balanced Flag..!

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

August 14, 2019

Be a Master Communicator..!

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

August 13, 2019

Never Grow Old..!

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

August 12, 2019

Nun Sacked for Owning a Car..!

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

August 11, 2019

Kashmir and Sons of the Soil..!

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

August 10, 2019

Let Your Rolex Go Missing..!

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

August 9, 2019

Kashmir: A Healing..!

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

August 8, 2019

RIP Sushma Swaraj..!

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

August 7, 2019

Being UnIndian..!

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

Singing In the Kitchen..!

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

August 5, 2019

Pick Up the Baton and Run..!

Quite often I meet people who tell me about what they would have become if they had made some right

August 4, 2019

Why Did I Take the Train?

“Why did you take the train?” asked my friend, as he met me on the platform and stared curiously at

August 3, 2019

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