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GENDER BENDER
Pachu Menon seems to have committed an Himalayan blunder in his article “Transcending Barriers – Ending prejudices against Transgenders” (IC 30/5/16 – 6/6/16). He does not seem to have transcended the difference between a transgender person and one of neuter gender. So I did a bit of research before writing this piece. Menon refers to…
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FACTS FIGURES & MYTHS
(Based on a presentation at Mumbai organised recently by the Bombay Catholic Sabha on the “Present Political Scenario and our Christian Response to the same”) Dr Ram Puniyani, staunch secularist and activist that he is, has painted a lucid picture of the present political scenario, with specific reference to the Minorities in India. I have…
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BELLIGERENT, BELLICOSE OR BELEAGUERED?
Did they or didn’t they? Did they cross the Indo-Myanmar border? Did they kill several terrorists? Had they informed the Myanmar Government in advance about their actions? Were those allegedly killed actually the same group that had attacked the 6 Dogra Regiment of the Indian Army in Manipur; and killed 18 of our brave soldiers? …
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SHAME & SCANDAL
Kidnapping, ransom, murder, suicide, and sexual exploitation – all the ingredients of a B grade Bollywood movie. Except that this is real not reel life. And it is all happening in the holy, apostolic, Catholic Church. It reminds me of the line from an old song – “Shame and Scandal in the Family”. The latest…
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RUNS BEFORE WATER
Hitler had infamously said, “Guns before butter”. His war machine took priority over the common man’s needs. This brazenness is echoed in the phrase “Runs before water”! This is what the IPL czars seem to be saying in their unquenched thirst for more moolah. The Supreme Court, and earlier the Bombay High Court, have taken…
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PEDESTALIZING POOR FRANCIS
Pope Francis completes 3 years of his papacy this 13th March. He is the darling of most Catholics (at least those who read)! And quite popular with the western media; though he does not seem to evoke the same level of interest in the mainstream Indian media. Cardinal Karol Wojtla of Poland, when he was…
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FELIX CULPA
Good Friday is when Christians throughout the world commemorate the agonizing and tortuous death of the Lord Jesus Christ; followed by his Resurrection on the third day, commonly known as Easter. It is not uncommon for those unfamiliar with these events to call up their Christian friends and excitedly wish them a Happy Good Friday!…
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HAVE WE LOST OUR COOL?
When I get home at night after a hard day’s work I like to relax after dinner and watch a bit of TV. I prefer to watch Comedy Central that gives some comic relief, because what we see on news channels and TV debates are in no way relaxing. Night after night we are served…
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HALF MAST
There are claims and counter allegations that our Union Minister for Human Resource Development (an euphemism for Education) has been to, or enrolled, at three different colleges. What is not clear is whether or not the lady, whose earlier claim to fame was that of a heroine in a TV soap opera, is actually a…
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DWARFING A GIANT
Never mind Gulliver and the Lilliputians, or David slaying Goliath. There is now a reversal of roles, with a giant Goliath trying to destroy a defenseless David. The dramatis personae are the present political dispensation on the one hand, and its attempt to belittle or sideline Gandhiji, the original one, the Mahatma, on the other.…