Author: admin
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GRANDPARENTS REJOICE
Though a creature of the day, I am not particularly enthused by various “Days” like Father’s, Mother’s, Doctor’s, Constipation etc. I suspect that in the era of greeting cards (now extinct) they were invented by manufacturers like Archies, to promote their wares. However, I got a pleasant surprise when my parish priest, Rev K.K. Antony,…
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FOUR, FIVE & ELEVEN
This is obviously not a mathematical equation. Let me tell you why I chose these random numbers. The number Four reminded me about the Readers’ Digest. It invariably carried a feature, “Drama in Real Life”; of how human beings endured and overcame insurmountable odds in deserts, ice, land or sea, and lived to tell the…
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कितने इंजन चाहिए?
कर्नाटक और उत्तर प्रदेश चुनावों पर कुछ मंथन
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THE BLAME GAME CONTINUES
A highly respected and erudite clergyman from Kerala sends me his articles. Of late he has made three claims: 1. The Jews killed Jesus 2. Priests have always manipulated people to commit violent acts, justified in the name of religion. The innocent “lay faithful” consider it their religious duty to white wash or defend the…
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HOW MANY ENGINES REQUIRED?
The Assembly elections in Karnataka and the Municipal ones in U.P. are done and dusted. I had written about their significance in my earlier piece, “Andh Bhakts Abound”. My observations seem to have been on target, especially in my home State of U.P. In Karnataka there was talk of a double engine sarkar and in…
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THE ROLLING STONES OF EASTER
Senior citizens like me would remember the 1970’s musical by Andrew Webber, “Jesus Christ Super Star”. It was an artist’s creative attempt to recast the Lord Jesus in a modern idiom. But nobody will associate Jesus with the Rolling Stones begun by Mick Jagger in 1962. That’s because Jesus’ association with rolling stones has nothing…
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JESUS & THE ROLLING STONES
Most of us would have heard of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1970 musical “Jesus Christ Superstar”. It was an attempt to re-present Christ in a modern day idiom. Nobody will have heard of Jesus and The Rolling Stones, the jazz group Mick Jagger founded in 1962. Rightly so, for the rolling stones that I am now…
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ANDH BHAKTS ABOUND
For the benefit of those not familiar with Hindi let me clarify that “Andh Bhakt” (AB) means a person who is a blind follower of his/ her idol. Election season is upon us again; for the State Assembly in Karnataka, where political analysts claim that the Congress has a possible edge because of the corruption…
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THAT VACANT LOOK!
One wears a vacant look when lost, in love, or both! A vacant glassy look is also associated with death. Who has this vacant look – the Catholic Church in India? Why? Because 21 of 174 (one in eight) dioceses in the country have no bishops – the Sees are vacant. The question therefore arises…