Columns

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
Catch The Horse Thieves..!
Yesterday I opened the paper to find right there on the front page, another rape in the outskirts of Mumbai.
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March 29, 2023
Standing by a True Friend..!
The other day someone I knew made a strange statement, “Bob,” he said, “I’m everybody’s friend! I agree with everybody!”
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March 27, 2023
A No-Competition Race..!
At a talk I gave last night in South Mumbai, someone asked me at dinner what I thought of the
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March 26, 2023
A Church Without God..!
The old church was going to be two hundred! Walls that had never seen paint for over a decade were
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March 25, 2023
Leaving an Alluring Model on my Bed..!
T’was this morning I opened the newspaper and found a pretty model showing her dainty self on a dozen different
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March 24, 2023
Jails, not Parliament..!
The auditors of the country, who are very powerful people and oversee how public money is spent by the ones
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March 23, 2023