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THE BLAME GAME CONTINUES
A highly respected and erudite clergyman from Kerala sends me his articles. Of late he has made three claims: 1. The Jews killed Jesus 2. Priests have always manipulated people to commit violent acts, justified in the name of religion. The innocent “lay faithful” consider it their religious duty to white wash or defend the…
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HOW MANY ENGINES REQUIRED?
The Assembly elections in Karnataka and the Municipal ones in U.P. are done and dusted. I had written about their significance in my earlier piece, “Andh Bhakts Abound”. My observations seem to have been on target, especially in my home State of U.P. In Karnataka there was talk of a double engine sarkar and in…
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THE ROLLING STONES OF EASTER
Senior citizens like me would remember the 1970’s musical by Andrew Webber, “Jesus Christ Super Star”. It was an artist’s creative attempt to recast the Lord Jesus in a modern idiom. But nobody will associate Jesus with the Rolling Stones begun by Mick Jagger in 1962. That’s because Jesus’ association with rolling stones has nothing…
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JESUS & THE ROLLING STONES
Most of us would have heard of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1970 musical “Jesus Christ Superstar”. It was an attempt to re-present Christ in a modern day idiom. Nobody will have heard of Jesus and The Rolling Stones, the jazz group Mick Jagger founded in 1962. Rightly so, for the rolling stones that I am now…
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