Columns

Brainy Children and Poor me..!
Recently there’s a not a day gone by that I haven’t been stopped by friends and relatives and asked, “Do
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April 9, 2023
If Christ Had Not Risen..!
Even as I wake up to the sounds of, “Happy Easter!” and hear hymns by choristers singing, “Christ the Lord
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April 8, 2023
Low In the Grave He Lay..!
How the crowd sighs when a good boxer or wrestler lies stretched on the mat. He’d been fighting well, when
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April 7, 2023
The Sound of the Nail..!
“Start with his right hand!” the Roman officer must have jeered to the soldier carrying nails to be driven through
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April 6, 2023
Reaching Out for Help..!
It’s not often I reach out to others for help, but I remember the time I did: It was the
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April 5, 2023
Better Not To Talk..!
“Who’s this?” I asked my friend as I entered his house and saw a disheveled boy sitting in his living
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April 4, 2023
No Need to Study..!
The Dean of an American university looked up with dismay at what his secretary was telling him, “That could spell
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April 3, 2023
Focus, Purpose, and Elections..!
The only agenda the opposition parties have for the 2024 elections is to bring down Modi! That’s all and no
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April 2, 2023
For He Knows What They Do..!
And as we approach Good Friday, I see Jesus on the cross, and with a sad face He hears the
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April 1, 2023
Writing History Through Fiction..!
The wife nearly came bouncing into my study, where I pretended to write an article while actually looking longingly at
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March 31, 2023
Mona’s Nose..!
A few years ago, a close friend of mine brought along a painting by a great painter. Over a century
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March 30, 2023
Legs in the Air with a Smile..!
A few years ago, when Pluto, the stray I’d adopted was alive, I walked into his room: He lay on
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March 29, 2023