• THE POWER OF ONE

    Some of you may have seen my latest YouTube Hindi video 1+1=11 (eleven). It is the title of a 2003 Bollywood movie starring Govinda and Sanjay Dutt. You may also have heard the Hindi saying “Akele channa bhar nahin phor sakta” (A single grain of gram cannot break the vessel in which it is being…

  • SINS OF THE MAHATMA

    Outrageous! How dare one make such a statement on the eve of his 152nd birth anniversary? The “sins” that I am referring to are the Seven Social Sins that the Mahatma had identified and published in Young India magazine on 22/10/1925, almost a hundred years ago. How relevant are they today? Here they are: A…

  • यह कैसी आज़ादी ?

    क्या हमारी आजादी खतरे में है?

  • तेल का खेल

    तेल व रसोई गैस की बढ़ती कीमतें

  • WOMEN RELIGIOUS REPORT – A LAY PERSPECTIVE

    One must appreciate the lengthy report by Ladislaus D’souza on the status of women religious in India, as published in The Secular Citizen (9/8/21). It is based on an international webinar organised by Voices of Faith on 10/7/21, occasioned by an 86 page book “It’s High Time: Women Religious speak up on gender justice in…

  • SETTLED FOURTH

    This title is enigmatic. It should either be “Settled For”, “Set Forth” or “Settled for Fourth”. It is actually an amalgam of all three. “Settle for” usually means accepting something that is below par. “Settled for fourth” obviously means that the proponent/ exponent has settled for fourth place. To “set forth” is just the opposite,…

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  1. We too remain helpless spectators with no clue as to what could be done at our end to prevent violence…

  2. This is Aus News channel clip: https://youtu.be/MxHebEeDvaU?si=5xlfict3iei0BOpj My comment: “We strongly condemn the unprovoked aggressive joint attacks by the U.S.…

  3. This is a very thorough, thought-provoking article by Chote Bhai. Lent is a time to reflect on our own “humanness”…