Its a long walk hes settled himself to do, from Manipur to Mumbai!Six thousand seven hundred and thirteen kilometres!Stretching and arduous, its going to be, but tis not the distance covered that will be tireso
Wednesday, 25th February, 2026
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The little boy was weeping outside the closed doors of the church. His tears flowed like tsunami waves down his check. A stranger passing by, stopped and enquired, Why are you crying little boy, that too outsid
Though the remarks by the Maldives deputy minister in ridiculing our PM as a clown and a puppet are immature and uncalled for, I do believe the bigger thing to have been done in this situation was for the PM to
…..A common courtyard is swept by none…. Chinese ProverbPark your taxi to the side of the road! I told the taxi driver gently as he got out of his cab to go to the local temple. Are you the police? he asked
"Would you like to see the pictures I clicked?" she asked me as I sat at a restaurant somewhere up near the Fox Glacier in New Zealand. I looked at her, she had been sitting alone at the next table and had wait
As rapes and molestations take place in the country, we find that instead of making the streets safer, we insist that women should remain at home, dress in a particular way, and keep themselves out of sight. Th
Yesterday, returning from New York, I flew First Class. Now Ive flown first and business class many times in my life, but yesterday's was different; I flew first, while all around me was economy. As I sat mysel
People are talking, but not to each other and just like cigarette smoking has restrictions, we need to have strict rules that need to be implemented immediately:Rule One: The size of the mobile should be such t
Namaste! she said, as all of us in the New York church turned to greet whoever was sitting by our side on Christmas Eve. For a moment I was startled. I was thousands of miles away from home, and the last thing
I remember once zipping down the highway: What a drive! As I drove I noticed tire marks that crisscrossed the road. Burst tires! I realized. Tires of motorists who had not checked their air pressure before vent
Santa climbed gingerly from his sleigh onto the roof of a home in Mumbai, These Indian chimneys are stupid! he cursed loudly to Mrs Santa Claus who was holding the reindeer while Santa went down to unload his g
The wise old angel looked at the little angel, and offered his divine wings to wipe the tears in her eyes, Why are you crying little angel? he asked kindly. It was unusual to see weeping in the heavenly realm a
Was watching a Carol Service this morning, and when the priest went up to pray, I saw two men climbing behind him with wires and cords in their hands and plugging in something. They were captured on camera and
The advertisement was huge and attractive. It talked about a waterproofing job the company could undertake that would guarantee my terrace would not leak the next monsoon. I liked the advertisement. I rang the
Most of us spend a greater part of our lives worrying about things not going right.But did just worrying about a situation ever change anything?Did it make a child come home sooner? Or a test score higher? Did
An ambitious priest I once knew had only one ambition, not to change people for the better, but to become a bishop, and when year after year his attempts at becoming one failed, he spoke to me about demonic for
Very often I hear from some friend or relative that either they or someone in the family has been struck by a fatal disease, But dont tell anyone! they tell me. I always wonder why they dont want to tell others
India could have won, despite losing the World Cup final! What an opportunity they had of winning the hearts of millions throughout the world if they had only displayed grace and big heartedness when they lost.
Many years ago a friend of mine who Ive lost touch with, was planning to get married, She should be a working woman, he said very definitely.Why? I asked, Im sure youre doing well, why do you need her to go out
People donate for the blind, give generously towards old age homes and orphanages, but it is difficult having them part so liberally with their money towards charities or NGOs who work for the mentally challeng
