Columns

Coming Full Cycle..!
“Watch out!” I shouted as my driver swerved to avoid the cyclist then jumped out of the car and ran
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Raise Your White Flag..!
There are two acts of surrender I’m going to portray below: By the summer of 1945, the defeat of Japan
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Losing Liberty ..!
’Tis not often Liberty Island ferrymen around New York show agitation. Yes, some hundred odd years ago they were a
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Getting Rid of Our Dead Parts..!
He was a brilliant conductor, but I soon found out, one, who could not handle authority. Every time he was
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The Twins Are Leaving..!
Today, as the six–year old twins and their mother, my daughter, leave my home for New York, I found what
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Stoking ‘Remembrance’ Fires…!
What about having a ‘Forgiveness Day’? What’s that, you ask, what d’you mean by such? Well, since this government seems
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Uniform Eating Code..!
Since the powers at the center are intent on a uniform civil code, which could lead I’m sure to a
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Mayday! My Ship’s Run Aground..!
‘Ahoy! Ship aground!’ I nearly shouted, as a couple of years ago while driving down near Worli Sea face in
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Our Desi Lie Detector..!
Increasingly every day, I’m hearing about the use of the lie detector by the police. For many years I’d thought
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The Voice in the Grave..!
We all love making resolutions to lose weight or start a hobby or something, don’t we? The problem is getting
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Greeting a Young India..!
Many countries line up to greet the young seventy-seven-year-old, ” Happy Birthday India!” says China, “May you become as great
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Enjoy Growing Old..!
How often I meet people who fight the fact they are growing old. Here are some lines for them on
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