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Hope to Meet Again..!
When we are called to part, it gives us inward pain… said the old hymn, which Jane hummed under her
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June 4, 2025
Listen to the Generals..!
My mother didn’t raise me on just verses from the scriptures or moral science textbooks. She also raised me on
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June 3, 2025
Stop the Witch Hunt..!
So Bangladesh has begun a trial against Hasina for mass murder. My first reaction? “Wait, wasn’t she in power just a
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June 2, 2025
A Coat of Paint and Nothing Underneath..!
Over forty-one years ago, I bought my first car. I was just in my twenties, armed with ambition, a growing
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June 1, 2025
The Family God Chose..!
You’ll see the name often — Holy Family. On the gate of a school or the entrance of a hospital.
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May 31, 2025
Not Just Another Masala Dosa..!
It was one of the strangest sights I’ve ever seen. No, not a politician paying his electricity bill, or a
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May 30, 2025
From Passion to Compassion…!
My granddaughter Emory, all of two, has discovered the wonder of water. Yes, that magical, glistening, splashy liquid that has
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May 29, 2025
Punish Our Engineers..!
Every time I hit a pothole; I feel I’ve just had a close encounter with a badly behaved asteroid. It
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May 28, 2025
Too Much Rain..!
There’s a sloshing sound in my shoes, and it isn’t spiritual joy. It’s water. Rainwater. Precious, holy, long-prayed-for, utterly annoying
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May 27, 2025
No Ceasefire, Only Surrender..!
It’s a strange word—surrender. One we don’t like to touch, let alone use. It feels like failure, doesn’t it? Like
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May 26, 2025
Echoes from a Garden Bench..!
Yesterday, I attended a memorial meeting of a man who spoke softly but left deep impressions—Mr. Noronha. Ninety-five years old.
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May 25, 2025
Faith to be Cured..!
Many years ago, I attended a healing service of Pastor Benny Hinn, watched a parade of crutches, walkers, and wheelchairs
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May 24, 2025