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Don’t be surprised if the conversation below happens with you in it: “What’s a pavement Dad?” asked the little girl

March 4, 2020

Malls! They’re at every corner, huge and looming, sneering at little shopkeepers in their little shops, laughing gaily at pavement

March 3, 2020

A little boy and his grandfather walked down the road one morning. The boy felt his grandfather’s grip tighten and

March 2, 2020

If my column is a tad late today, and you wonder why, what’s happened to the sound of it arriving

March 2, 2020

We all seem to be filled with a hunger to feed our sensuousness! I see it in the hordes that

March 1, 2020

How have we reached such a terrible national situation today? Where friends look at one another with distrust, neighbours peep

February 28, 2020

As all around our nation I hear the bluster, see the sneers and feel the heat of danger I borrow

February 27, 2020

This morning I removed the cushion on my seat and suddenly the view outside my window was glorious. Till then,

February 26, 2020

I visited the Mahakali Caves, in Andheri East, Mumbai. They are over two thousand years old. I imagined instead of

February 25, 2020

Was called as a guest speaker for a meeting the other day, answered a few questions after my talk and

February 24, 2020

Was in a hospital, in a waiting room when I wrote this piece: All around me are solemn faces, hushed

February 23, 2020

It’s a message I’ve just received from a dear reader that makes me write on being falsely accused. The message

February 22, 2020

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