I chuckle to see the quips and jokes put up by friends on WhatsApp groups after the recent Delhi elections. We must remind ourselves that there’s a certain madness that grips people when elections roll around
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On one hand I see the common man like you and me working hard to build a great country, and alas on the other, politicians doing their utmost to destroy our land; it's depressing to watch such happen."So you're
Today being Sunday, I heard a deeply impactful sermon online by a Rev Johnson from Bangalore. He spoke on faith, rational thought and emotions, and I thought I’d write a simple story on the same:A celebrated-
There’s something strange and peculiar happening in our country: Many have given up their freedoms, just for the sake of a narrow narrative, a narrative being repeated that their religion is being robbed from
Today, I’m going to take a page from my book, DARE, since my friend Rusy Shroff, decided to immortalise a poem I’ve always cherished, with his voice, which if you click on the link, further down, you will h
I’m sure you felt a sense of sadness after reading the story that I penned yesterday.Many wrote to me expressing their disappointment that our world had reached such a state. So I decided that it would be hel
A few years ago, Indian cricket was against modern technology that would reduce human error in umpiring decisions!In other words they preferred human error to continue. Because as a nation, human error is what-
Is there anything that can be done in our country without money being paid? Parents of a two-month-old baby, who applied for a passport for their child, when they refused to pay a bribe to the police were told
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Quite a few of us wait to retire. We long for the days when we have nothing to do, go nowhere and stay put. I do believe too many of such days can be boring and quite disastrous.My neighbor Mr Kishore retired t
Sadly, our patriotism wakes up twice a year, one being the 15th of August and the other the 26th of Jan. Maybe it's the psychological effect of the flag being hoisted or unfurled, the national anthem being sung
I pressed the horn, stomped on the accelerator, cursed the driver in the next car and nearly shouted at the traffic policeman. “What’s the matter dad?” my daughter asked.“I hate being late,” I grumble-
Once upon a time many years ago, there lived a jovial young man called Charles along with his pretty wife and three children. It was Charles’ job to look after the children in an orphanage, and he looked afte
And in my mind’s eye, I picture scores of angels, running to the Lord with cellphones in their hands, “Lord!” says an old angel, impatience clearly in his voice, “Shall I tell her you’re busy, talking-
Over twenty years ago we watched with horror as the Twin Towers fell in New York. I wonder today how much safer we are than in it was on nine eleven two thousand oneMy friend Mr Brahmachari who does his morning
How often we are told that silence is golden. No, it isn’t always so; sometimes it’s plain yellow!Yes, the yellow of cowardice. The yellow of running away from a confrontation. The yellow of keeping your mo
The other day while speaking at a function on why we need to find a purpose in life, I noticed a young lady putting her head down most of the time.I met her afterwards during the tea break: “You don’t seem-
Very often people with a bad past change, but do we give them a second chance?Listen to the story of former Mayor Anthony Williams. He was born to an unwed teen who gave him up for adoption. He was known as a "
Many who come to me to learn how to write or speak, are a little disappointed when they hear that the gift of being able to write well or speak powerfully comes with a caveat. That you will use this gift to be-
One day the employees of a large company in St. Louis, Missouri returned from their lunch break and were greeted with a sign on the front door: "The person who has been hindering your growth in this company pas
From the disciplined and supposedly incorrupt party the BJP was once supposed to be, in the last ten years it has slowly lost that sheen. Some say, it is because of many from other parties joining, and ot
