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The suave Prime Minister (PM) had been elected with a thumping majority. There was a gala dinner to celebrate his success. The PM’s Aide-de-Camp (ADC) was an even more dashing Captain, from the elite Brigade of Guards. The ADC was recently married, and his young wife was also at the dinner. She was an absolute…

So now we have it. While “Independence Day” was releasing in cinema halls across the country, the Brexits were celebrating their very own Independence Day on the 24th June, the day the results were declared. By now we know that the financial markets across the globe (except for America) crashed. Political analysts were left gasping…

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…

(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…

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? …

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…

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…

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!…

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…

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…