(A sequel to “On the Mat”) Right through school I hated history, perhaps for the stupid way that it was taught. However, as I became more and more involved with people, I discovered the wonder of history, and its direct bearing on our present day lives. My twin sister is the head of the Department…

He was on the mat, flat on his back, and then he sat up like a conjurer taking something out of his hat, and the world gave this fat cat a pat on the back! Sorry if the rhymes of this muse confuse you (there I go again)! I was just referring to Namo and…

We have had a surfeit of conspirational theories from the time of British India’s “Divide & Rule” policy, to the mysterious disappearance of Subash Chandra Bose; Indira Gandhi’s all weather “foreign hand”, and now the BJP’s tirade against “conversions”! So the reader must needs be forgiven for having misread the title of this piece, and…

As an ardent garden lover (among other loves) I had gone to a nursery to pick up some summer plants. I purchased 12 sunflower plants from my trusted gardener. When he brought them to me I found that they were almost full grown plants, that had already begun to wilt after being uprooted. I felt…

“India is the only country where citizens address bureaucrats as SIR. This in turn gives the impression that the Govt, as personified by the bureaucrat, is the dispenser of largesse, and the citizen a humble beneficiary of the same”. Had these words been uttered by a hardcore leftist they would not have raised an eyebrow.…

Are Christians cowards? Are they afraid to confront their attackers? Pope Francis, in the wake of the recent church bombings in Lahore, stated that the world is trying to hide from the reality that Christians are being persecuted worldwide. Be it Iraq, Syria, Nigeria, Somalia, Kenya or Pakistan – Christians are seen as soft targets. …