So the latest is Goddess Durga, riding a tiger and tippling Comfort Whiskey, made in America. (Fortunately TOI has conscientiously refrained from publishing the images, to avoid inflaming religious passions). Before that it was MF Hussain’s nude painting of Bharat Mata, and the Danish cartoons denigrating the Prophet Mohammed and Islam in general.      Though…

Guru Greg Chappell has been in the news for all the wrong reasons.  Does he deserve a Second Innings as India’s cricket coach?  I care two hoots.  The Second Innings that caught my attention is from the super hit movie, “Lage Raho Munnabhai”.  The home for the aged, run by the naturally beautiful Vidya Balan,…

A vision is different from a dream. A dream is nebulous, based on subjective experience, and driven either by love or fear. A vision is more objective, rooted in reality; one foresees a situation, based on current trends, and aspires towards a specific goal. We in the ICPA must be visionaries not dreamers. To find…

Migrants in Mumbai are a cause of migraine for Raj Thackeray and his Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS).  Raj Thackeray and company are in like manner giving a severe headache to the rest of the country.  His tirade and ensuing violence, against migrants to Mumbai has struck at the root of India’s sense of nationhood.  Is…

Later this month maverick minister Mamta plans to flag off the Mother Express from Kolkata. It will be coloured white and blue like Mother Teresa’s sari. This is Mamta’s birth centenary tribute to the true mother of mamta (compassion) on 26th August. Minister Mamta has decided on the colour of the train, but not on…

Do the names of Anjula, Bipasha and Mumtaz sound familiar?  All three were in the news recently.  Mumtaz Mahal was the wife of Emperor Shahjahan, who built the Taj Mahal as a mausoleum, in her everlasting memory.  It is called an eternal love story, and some vague media company has now listed it among the…