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MAY THEY ALL BE ONE
A person’s dying wish is sacred. Jesus’ last desire, when “he raised his eyes to heaven” (Jn 17:1), was “that they may be one like us” (v11) and again “May they all be one” (v21). Jesus’ call to oneness (unity) of his disciples was based on his own deep relationship with the Father. That being…
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GOING…GOING…GONE
My family established its auctioneering business in 1858. It lasted for about 120 years. The Sunday morning auctions were a major source of interest and entertainment. When a bid was nearing completion the hammer would be raised with the solemn intonation “Going, going, gone”. The bid was closed, as an auction cannot go on indefinitely.…
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POST MERRIMENT POST MORTEM
It bugs me when people wish me a “Merry Christmas”. It’s worse when it gets corrupted in the Hindi heartland to Marry or even Mary Christmas! Despite the goodwill in the greeting, it annoys me. It indicates that such a person doesn’t really know the meaning of Christmas, or is just blindly following a British…
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IS IT R.I.P. 4 R&P?
Exactly 5 years ago, in December 2018, I had written a piece “Pappu can Dance Wallah”. It was inspired by the 2008 Bollywood song “Pappu Can’t Dance Salaa” from the movie “Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Naa” starring Genelia D’souza (now Deshmukh). For years Rahul Gandhi (RG) had been disparagingly referred to as Pappu (the simpleton).…
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CHRISTMAS RUBBLE
On Sunday 10th December I heard the first reading from Isaiah (40:1-5, 9-11) on freedom from the Babylonian exile. The reference to Babylon reminded me of the foot-tapping Boney M. song “By the Rivers of Babylon”. The music is pulsating, though I’m pretty sure that most people don’t know the meaning, context or even the…
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