chhotebhai's Writings

  • WAS JESUS CHASTE?

    ( A sequel to “Playing on his Mind”) Please don’t make haste, or waste your breath on condemning me for even asking such an audacious question. It is not altogether irrelevant or irreverent. Some years ago there was a huge outcry in Kerala over the Malayalam drama “The Sixth Wound”; an adaptation from “The Last…

  • PLAYING ON HIS MIND

    What does a dying man think of? What is uppermost in his mind, obviously. Have we ever reflected on what Jesus’ last thoughts were before his impending cruel death on a Tau shaped cross? He would have seen many slaves/ criminals dying such a tortuous death, dangling in agony for three or more days while…

  • NEW DELHI – NEW YORK, VIA NEWCASTLE

    # chhotebhai What’s new? In recent times, a lot. Let me begin with the adage “Don’t carry coal to Newcastle”. This is because Newcastle, in north east England, was known for its industry and coal fields. Hence any attempt to send coal there would be superfluous. Can New Delhi send something to New York or…

  • AMERICAN – INDIAN ELECTION CONTRASTS

    It is said that comparisons are odious; but we need contrasts. We keep adjusting them on our phones, TVs and PCs. Contrasts, however, are not limited to electronic screens. More importantly, contrasts, especially stark contrasts, help us understand many things in life. Comparisons and contrasts are perhaps the best way forward. Over the last few…

  • HARVESTING SOULS?

    Back in 2000 Arun Shourie wrote a book “Harvesting Souls – Missionaries, their designs and claims”. It was a condemnation of everything remotely connected with missionaries. In the Indian context it was about our Christian presence. For those who came in late this book was written in the aftermath of his address to the CBCI…

  • VARANASI VIGNETTES & VINEGAR

    Varanasi has a special place in my life, long before “You Know Who” discovered it 10 years ago. It’s a long story harking back 55 years. The immediate cause for this piece was occasioned by the sacerdotal golden jubilee on 29th September of a good friend Rev Dr Joseph Satyanand of the Indian Missionary Society…

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  1. Actually No one is happy to see war America between Iran.when America kidnap a elected president then while we must…

  2. Its the thing that we need the most at the moment. May such a movement spread all over and let…

  3. Wish more cities around the World have such peaceful marches. All of us want peace and stop loss of innocent…

  5. Beautiful gesture,but unless other nations don’t participate in stopping the ear it will continue and take s heavy toll on…