According to the historians there are only about 400 Samaritans remaining today. They are referring to an ethnic group that was re-located in Samaria about 800 BC by the then king of Assyria. They were despised by the Jews, who considered themselves a “pure” race; while the Samarians were of mixed origin. Why such interest…

Bangalore is of course best known for its IT sector, which is a cause of anxiety even for U.S. President Obama who keeps raising the bogey of Bangalore snatching jobs from the U.S.  Bangalore is also known for the Kind of Good Times – no prizes for guessing who that Kingfisher is!  You will have…

This is not a case of kicking a guy when he is down. It could infact be a “pick me up”. My concern is not for the Congress Party per se, but for the nation. I write as a concerned citizen. Readers will have seen my previous articles under this column, wherein I had expressed…

One would not have expected a furore over ex-communication in the papacy of Pope Francis; who has repeatedly been asking the clergy not to close doors, but to open up the Church to welcome even those with whom it may be seemingly in conflict with. But the unthinkable has happened. Martha and Gert Heizer, a…

There is a popular belief that Christians blindly vote for the Congress, en bloc. To a great extent the Congress has also allowed itself to believe this. Considering that a Congress led coalition Government is now in power, it would be politically expedient to reaffirm that Christians are Congressites.  Unfortunately, this is far from the…

Biblical exegetes would have us believe that the allegorical Garden of Eden, mentioned in the Book of Genesis, was probably situated between the mighty rivers Tigris and Euphrates, in modern day Iraq. I found Eden at a stone’s throw from the renowned tiger reserve, Corbett National Park. It is known as Vardan Vatika (Garden Gift)…