No prizes for guessing that this is written in the aftermath of the Dera Sacha Sauda (DSS) episode and the sentencing of Baba Ram Rahim (BRR) for raping two of his disciples 15 years ago. This is the tip of the iceberg. The State invariably becomes wiser after the event. Now we know that many…

Yeh mere dil ka dard hai (the pain in my heart). Pradhanmantriji, I have not heard your “Mann ki Baat” on All India Radio, as it comes across as moralising propaganda. Mera dil hai Hindustani, so I want to express to you the anguish of my heart; not some lofty ideals from the mind. In…

An advertisement issued by the Govt of Jharkhand in leading newspapers of the State on 11th August, has got the hackles up of the Christian community. The ad in question carries a picture of Mahatma Gandhi and a purported quote from him. It is in Hindi. Given below is the English translation by Prof Apoorvanand…

When I travel by train I feel relaxed. I am not tensed about the journey because I trust the driver, the guard and the system. I am not constantly on edge about what may happen, and it hasn’t even crossed my mind to look for the alarm chain or how to use it. Yet there…

(Continuing the Conversions debate) A forward from a well-intentioned Catholic claimed that all those not baptised in the Catholic Church were going to Hell. His contention was based on some papal document of 1928 and subsequent Marian apparitions. I received this just a few days before my darling grand-daughter’s baptism. I could not imagine that…

Remember the young boy crunching Sachin Tendulkar’s hand in the ad “Sunday ho ya Monday, Khate Raho anday” by the National Egg Co-ordination Committee? Long before the ad, I have been an egg fan. My dil hai Hindustani but my preferred breakfast is continental, in which an egg is a must. If it is a…