Columns

Walking or Treadmilling..!
“It’s raining in January!” said my treadmill with a black disgruntled look. “So?” “Why did you go for a walk
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Taking The Easy Road..!
We walked towards the mountain, my friend and I. We knew we had to cross to the other side. We
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Police were Mute Spectators..!
A line appearing almost daily in newspapers, after murders in broad daylight, religious places vandalized, or assaults committed is that
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Grant them that Peace..!
Was invited by a Jewish family living in Manhattan to share their Shabbat on a Saturday when I once visited
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Good Looks.!
‘……May the outer and inward man be one..’ Socrates Years ago as a teenager, I remember seeing Gregory Peck in
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Just One Choir Voice..!
There was once a priest who had his choir in the church which he looked after, and the choir was
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Paternity Leave Bill..!
My young neighbour Kumar whose wife was expecting a baby, rode in the lift with me to the car park
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Leavin’ Footprints in Yer Home..!
Been watchin’ an old video of the Chinese Olympic opening night held over a decade ago, and been gazing spellbound
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Inflation and a Hundred Rupee Note..!
I opened the morning paper and frowned as I read headlines about inflation in India, “This is ridiculous!” I muttered
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The Fake from Charleston..!
It was at the historic city of Charleston I found the flute. I’d wandered into one of the oldest markets
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As Is Where Is Condition..!
In many an auction you hear the auctioneer offering some particular piece in an ‘as is where is condition’! Which
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Passion, It’s Free..!
If today’s column has come in a little late, t’was because I was in the plane flying home from New
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