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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
Weary of Fighting?
It was at a crematorium, as the body was being prepared to be lit, that a friend leaned across to
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March 23, 2024
Sweet Voices from the Lie School..!
With the internet reigning supreme and the media slowly moving into petrified silence, leaders the world over, find that telling
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March 22, 2024
Your Four Wives..!
As I hear about a guru, who mesmerized the youth with his clever words, and now lies in hospital, and
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March 21, 2024
Handling Harsh Criticism…!
She stood shaking hands with the mourners who had come for her husband’s funeral at the Parsi Tower of Silence. 
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March 20, 2024
Double Your Positive Energy..!
Aunty Toto was not her real name, though strangely we all called her that! She had every kind of problem
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March 19, 2024