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Those who don’t learn the lessons of history are condemned to repeat the same mistakes. I see a striking resemblance in the behaviour and attitude of some of our current crop of leaders, with those of the past. Hence my apprehension that they may be falling in to the same trap, or making the same…

No prizes for guessing that this is written in the aftermath of the Dera Sacha Sauda (DSS) episode and the sentencing of Baba Ram Rahim (BRR) for raping two of his disciples 15 years ago. This is the tip of the iceberg. The State invariably becomes wiser after the event. Now we know that many…

Yeh mere dil ka dard hai (the pain in my heart). Pradhanmantriji, I have not heard your “Mann ki Baat” on All India Radio, as it comes across as moralising propaganda. Mera dil hai Hindustani, so I want to express to you the anguish of my heart; not some lofty ideals from the mind. In…

An advertisement issued by the Govt of Jharkhand in leading newspapers of the State on 11th August, has got the hackles up of the Christian community. The ad in question carries a picture of Mahatma Gandhi and a purported quote from him. It is in Hindi. Given below is the English translation by Prof Apoorvanand…

When I travel by train I feel relaxed. I am not tensed about the journey because I trust the driver, the guard and the system. I am not constantly on edge about what may happen, and it hasn’t even crossed my mind to look for the alarm chain or how to use it. Yet there…

(Continuing the Conversions debate) A forward from a well-intentioned Catholic claimed that all those not baptised in the Catholic Church were going to Hell. His contention was based on some papal document of 1928 and subsequent Marian apparitions. I received this just a few days before my darling grand-daughter’s baptism. I could not imagine that…

Remember the young boy crunching Sachin Tendulkar’s hand in the ad “Sunday ho ya Monday, Khate Raho anday” by the National Egg Co-ordination Committee? Long before the ad, I have been an egg fan. My dil hai Hindustani but my preferred breakfast is continental, in which an egg is a must. If it is a…

(Concluding part of the debate on Conversions) If, according to the teachings of Vatican II, even atheists can be saved; if we really don’t know who, if any, have gone to Hell; if noble souls like Mahatma Gandhi had a problem with conversions; then why attempt to convert at all? Is it worth the effort,…

Does this sound like a recipe? It is, and isn’t! It isn’t a recipe for food, but it is food for thought, and it could be recipe for disaster if it goes unheeded. Let me unravel the mystery and remove the baffled look on your face. I just chanced upon a video on NDTV showing…

Till a few days ago most of India would have said this. Who is Ramnath Kovind, the BJP nominee for the President of India? Now we have the answer to Who he is, but not the Why, or What to expect of him. We now know that he has been the Governor of Bihar since…