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More Publicity Than Improvement..!
In the good ole days, one did up his or her home, made costly improvements, but kept the amount one
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December 29, 2024
The Indian Wiseman..!
Traditionally, the star that we light for Christmas is pulled down on the 6th of Jan, the date when the wisemen
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December 28, 2024
 Murthy, and Learning to Chill..!
“Throughout my life, I worked over 14 hours daily for six and a half days a week,” Narayana Murthy Was
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December 27, 2024
Remembering Dad on His 100th Birthday..!
Had he been alive, dad would have been a hundred years today! ‘Twas a good-looking man he be, and an
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December 26, 2024
Lonely after Christmas..!
As the last wisps of Christmas magic dissipated, Kamala felt a familiar pang of loneliness settle in. The tree was
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December 25, 2024
An Indian Christmas..!
Many years ago, a close friend of mine from Jalandhar celebrated Diwali at my home, and we as a family
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December 24, 2024
Hotel Rooms Around the Manger..!
Who had the rooms near the Manger, I wonder? How many occupants did the innkeeper warn about a baby being
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December 23, 2024
Did Peter Wake Up Grumpy?
Why not? It was a chilly winter morning in Jerusalem, and Peter woke up feeling miserable. His body ached, his
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December 22, 2024
The Christmas Spirit..!
A few years ago, maybe it still happens today, transport and traffic police in Mumbai, met taxi drivers to tell
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December 21, 2024
Feel Alive through Silence..!
A few years ago, my wife and I had been to Chicago during winter, and stayed in the basement of
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December 20, 2024
Choose Good Friends..!
In my book, ‘DARE’, I have a chapter, ‘Dare to Make and Keep Friends’, but today I’m not going to
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December 19, 2024
The Neem and the Peepal..!
Ever so often, I hear a branch of the Neem tree outside my window rubbing against the metal awning, and
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December 18, 2024