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)…

STOP! Don’t flip the page. This is not about the AK assault rifle that hit Delhi with a bang and ended with a whimper. It is also not about the Aam Aadmi Pope, a clever term coined by Dr James Kottoor. The original Aam Aadmi, now that the term has become au currant, is Jesus…

Over the years I have voted for the Janata Party, Janata Dal, CPM, Samajwadi, and of late, the Congress. As a social and civic activist I do not belong to any party. Ideologically I would brand myself as a left of centre Gandhian (the original Gandhi – the Mahatma). My votes have been determined more…

This is about the climate, the political climate. After the recent Assembly elections in 5 States, there are many who have written the Congress’ epitaph, and also gone ga-ga (or should I say blah-blah) about AAP’s rising graph. In the midst of the media hype, especially the electronic variety, we need to sit back and…

The year 2014 began on 1st January as a happy augury, with the visit to my home of my new bishop, Raphy Manjaly. We have known each other for almost 40 years, so we joyously recalled some of the missionary journeys that we had embarked upon together in Lucknow and Bijnor dioceses. Exactly 5 days…

When our children were small they enjoyed regaling visitors to our home with this little story: There were four friends named SOMEBODY, NOBODY, MAD and EVERYBODY. One day Somebody killed Nobody, so Mad went to the Police and said “Somebody killed Nobody”! The infuriated policeman shouted, “Are you mad?”, to which the complainant replied, “Yes,…