chhotebhai's Writings

  • What’s Good This Friday?

    As the Secretary of the Legion of Mary in my parish 51 years ago it was my lot to give a commentary on the Holy Week liturgy. That got me thinking on what was so unique about Jesus’ rather “limited” suffering on the cross. Take the number three. Three temptations in the desert, three years…

  • NANO POWER

    The Tokyo Olympics 2020 have been postponed indefinitely because of that wicked little pathogen – the Corona Virus.  The irony should not be lost on the world we live in.  The Olympic motto is “Citius, Altius, Fortius” the Latin words for “Faster, Stronger, and Higher”. The ancient Greeks held the Olympics from 8 BC to…

  • HANG RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY IS THE BIG BANG!

    (Concluding part of the trilogy “Is Religion Dead?” and “Was Jesus Religious?”) My previous two articles were in response to questions being raised about religion in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.They have elicited varying responses. One school of thought still clings to the belief that Religion is now dead and we have ushered in…

  • TILLY WASN’T SILLY

    By the time you get to read this article the tidal waves of sympathy and tchk-tchking over the tsunami disaster will have subsided; and life, for the vast majority of us, would have returned to “normal”. Therein lies the real and hidden danger, which this piece seeks to expose. There are many things beyond our…

  • WAS JESUS RELIGIOUS?

    (A sequel to “Is Religion Dead?”) This query may sound sacrilegious to the pious, religious Christian. It maybe a valid question for those who claim that Jesus did not found any religion. In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic that has seen a shutdown of organised religion, the naysayers would have us believe that religion…

  • TOUCH ME NOT

    There are certain flowers and shrubs that immediately clam up when touched, which is why they are called “Touch Me Nots”. It is a natural self-defence mechanism that is also seen in tortoises. They withdraw into their shells. Post the Corona Virus (CV) pandemic a lot of people have stopped touching, or don’t allow others…

Latest Comments

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

  3. 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.…

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