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Accidents and the Police..!
The Supreme Court felt a few years ago that the two years imprisonment now meted out for causing death due
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April 3, 2024
  Born with no Ears..!
Today I shudder to see more and more photographs and pictures of donations and acts of giving. “Do not let
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April 3, 2024
 Loose and Unprotected..!
I remember seeing this ad for a motorbike, with a handsome hunk riding it. What a bike, what a machine,
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April 2, 2024
Throw Out the Other Slipper..!
Once when my wife had gone to New York to see our daughter, I was on my own, and quite
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April 1, 2024
Switch the Worry Channel..!  
Here’s something for you, and it’s not an April Fool’s Day joke, learn to switch channels! Have you noticed that
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March 31, 2024
The Whole Nine Yards on Easter…!
Easter gently nudges me to think about a robber entering paradise; a bandit, so wicked, only a death penalty could
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March 30, 2024
Easter and Democracy..!
What has Easter to do with democracy, you ask, a furrow on your brow, and a look of slight annoyance.
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March 29, 2024
What’s Good Friday, Ma?
“Ma,” asked the little girl, scampering after her mother, “What’s Good Friday?” “It’s the day Jesus died on the cross!”
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March 28, 2024
Your Right of Way..!
Something I’ve noticed abroad, and hardly ever here, are people moving aside to give another the right of way. It
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March 27, 2024
Teaching Others to be Secular..!
A rather ugly episode happened that made me think deep into the subject of respecting other religions. A secular choir
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March 26, 2024
The Secretary’s Business Visit..! 
“Mr. Singh, our housing society secretary is coming to visit us now,” said the wife, putting down the phone. “Why?”
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March 25, 2024
The Shark’s Mouth..!
As I hear with sadness about more and more of our youth getting addicted to drugs and alcohol, I remember
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March 24, 2024