(George Menezes 10/4/1928 – 9/92016) Two years ago I did a review of the book “The Naked Liberal“, on anthology on George Menezes, written by Selma Carvalho.   I enjoyed reading the book, and also writing the review; because it was a labour of love for someone I loved, cherished and respected. Now he has crossed…

After watching the canonisation ceremony of Mother Teresa on TV on 4th September, I don’t know whether to yawn with ennui, or bang my fists with angst. I was not particularly enthused about Mother Teresa being declared a Saint, as I believed that, her human shortcomings notwithstanding, she was always a living saint, and did…

Surrogacy has been in the news, because a bill to close the floodgates on the surrogates is being introduced in Parliament. More than the issue of surrogacy itself, what really opened another floodgate was the statement of Shushma Swaraj, Minister of External Affairs, that gay couples would not be allowed to go for surrogacy, as…

The suave Prime Minister (PM) had been elected with a thumping majority. There was a gala dinner to celebrate his success. The PM’s Aide-de-Camp (ADC) was an even more dashing Captain, from the elite Brigade of Guards. The ADC was recently married, and his young wife was also at the dinner. She was an absolute…

So now we have it. While “Independence Day” was releasing in cinema halls across the country, the Brexits were celebrating their very own Independence Day on the 24th June, the day the results were declared. By now we know that the financial markets across the globe (except for America) crashed. Political analysts were left gasping…

Pachu Menon seems to have committed an Himalayan blunder in his article “Transcending Barriers – Ending prejudices against Transgenders” (IC 30/5/16 – 6/6/16). He does not seem to have transcended the difference between a transgender person and one of neuter gender. So I did a bit of research before writing this piece. Menon refers to…