Columns

One Long, Two Short..!
From my home I can hear in the distance, the trains going by, and then I hear the dreadful sound,
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March 10, 2023
Nobody’s Looking At Me Dad..!
This was a TV ad a few years ago: A little girl stares out of the window of an old
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March 10, 2023
The Law and Us..!
Living in a housing society has it’s upsides and downsides, and somehow with the use of the law and a
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March 9, 2023
Morning Has Broken..!
The faraway glint of an approaching dawn, softening of black darkness, the first bold enthusiastic shaft of light lighting up
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March 8, 2023
Not Just a Curved Mustache..!
Some four years ago, barber shops were full! Everybody, I heard with even a whiff of a mustache was trying
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March 7, 2023
The Reservation Trap..!
Even as I see our prime minister striving hard to place India as a country to be reckoned with, what
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March 6, 2023
Civil War at Home..!
Quite often I see family run businesses where the father on paper has passed the mantle onto his son or
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March 5, 2023
Kick Temptation Away..!
Of late, priests, godmen, gurus and other religious leaders are showing a sordid side of themselves! Rape, molestations, blackmail, assaults,
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March 4, 2023
Ban the Blanket..!
Horror of horrors! A news item appearing in Indian newspapers sometime ago, mentioned that the blankets offered by the Indian
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March 3, 2023
Busy Making a Billion..!
Spent an evening at the club, with a gentleman who knew one of India’s billionaires when he was coming up,
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March 2, 2023
Best Education in the World..!
And as different governments over the years have addressed all the wrong problems in our educational system, I can only
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March 1, 2023
It’s Not the Taj..!
As I hear about names of cities being changed left, right and centre I see members of the heritage committee,
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February 28, 2023