Maverick Mamta will launch the Mother Express to commemorate the birth centenary of Mother Teresa on the coming 26th August.  She has decided that the train will have the blue and white colours of Mother Teresa’s sari.  What she has not decided is where the train will go! Sounds funny, but I am sad and…

“I believe in God, the Creator of Heaven and Earth”.  This is a traditional Christian Credo.  The Marxist differs, and says, “I believe in Man, the maker of heaven on earth”.  How does a Christian respond to the Marxist challenge?  My personal credo is a combination of both. I therefore profess “I believe in Man…

This title would have enkindled great hopes in the miserable lives of henpecked husbands, more so if their wives are pretty, and more accomplished than they themselves are!  Alas, this is not to be, for I am writing about the reported conversion of Julia Roberts, of “Pretty Woman” fame, to Hinduism.  Tough luck for all…

“Spare the rod and spoil the child” was the old dictum. Now that the print and electronic media have highlighted the suicide of Rouvanjit Rawla, allegedly after having been caned by Sumrinal Chakraborty, the Principal of La Martiniere, Kolkata, we have another trial by the media. It makes for good copy and TRPs. Shobhaa De,…

The pink sheet slipped through the letter hole in the front door; and the chowkidar coughed loud enough to draw our attention to it. It was a bitterly cold December night, and four of us kids were snuggled up near the fireplace in the drawing room, as Dad regaled us with shikar stories, and Mum…

Last month the mulberry tree in our garden was laden with blossoms. It did not excite me, because I did not expect to get any fruit from it! Because the bats and birds would devour all the fruit before we got to see any, as had happened the previous year. We also have pomegranate and…