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विकास- विश्वास- विलास- विनाश।
Conscientious citizens of India need to reflect seriously on these 4 critical words…
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VIKAS-VISHWAS-VILAS-VINASH
There has been a progression, or rather regression, of Vs over the last week. For those unfamiliar with Hindi, let me first do a literal translation of the 4 Vs in this title – Vikas (Development), Vishwas (Faith), Vilas (Luxury) and Vinash (Destruction). Vikas has been the buzz word of the BJP Government. There is…
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FUNEREAL FUNDAS
Funerals are usually dour affairs, nothing to write home about. Yet, having witnessed some interesting funerals on TV in the recent past, I did find some lessons to be learnt and thoughts to be shared. The first one was that of Queen Elizabeth the Second (QE II) who died last 8th September aged 96. Her…
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CHRISTIAN UNITY IS IMPERATIVE
Let me shoot from the hip. Efforts for Christian unity, or ecumenism, are imperative, not an optional extra. We have just concluded the Christian Unity Octave that is held annually from 18th to 25th January, concluding on the feast of the Conversion of St Paul. The Octave was celebrated with both solemnity and sincerity in…
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Your play on the words scribe, scribble, scrabble and scramble is very apt and has neatly traced the route to…
I really envy the depth of your scriptural knowledge and its sitz in laben , unfortunately I sing the hymn…
Thank you for this insightful piece. Your parallel between the biblical scribes and modern bureaucracies hits the nail on the…
Quantum of sorrow appropriate title Just thinking of the trauma those Altar boys r going through
The term ‘Laity’ (Greek word) that means the common man, devoid of knowledge or power, still holds good today in…