I love watching Hollywood movies, especially the police action scenes when a desperate hero or his wife picks up the phone and calls the police, “Officer there’s a homicide!” And before you can say Jack R
Sunday, 19th October, 2025
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Very often I hear men and women saying very proudly how they skip meals. “I don’t have breakfast!” says a fast paced executive. “Me neither!” says his secretary.“Why do you do this?” I ask surpris
The road contractor got down from his Mercedes and wiped a few tears rolling down his cheeks, “We contractors are a misunderstood lot,” he said as he stood on the edge of one of the largest potholes in the
Two years ago, when my elder one’s twin toddlers visited my home and got stuck in India because of the imposed lockdown, I spent the day humming nursery rhymes and other baby tunes which they listened to and
‘India lost more than 1.8 lakh students to suicides, of which the most were recorded in 2020, a year that had lesser examination pressure compared to any other year..’ Times of IndiaAs I hear about children
I walked that morning in the garden I once walked so frequently in, my eyes glancing disapprovingly at the dirt on my shoes, realizing they needed to be cleaned. I saw spots where people had spat as they’d wa
Was driving through Kentucky in the US, when suddenly my eye caught by miles and miles of stonewalls alongside the road.“Built by slaves!” said my brother and I stared at the walls and then whispered, “St
Was reading an article by Stephen Covey the other day and found it so meaningful and true I thought I’d share it with you today: It’s called the 90/10 Principle. It will change the way you manage your life.
A few years ago while spending a pleasant evening in one of the many family run restaurants in Korea, seated comfortably on cushions at low tables with legs crossed in modified lotus position, the middle aged w
Exhausted after having written the synopsis of a three act play, getting a top Mumbai theatre personality interested in another, meeting a producer for my film script, and finishing the teaching of my onl
The Supreme Court feels that the two years imprisonment now meted out for causing death due to rash driving is ‘grossly inadequate’. I agree, but would like to define what the police believe is rash and neg
The people are revolting in Sri Lanka! So what?Russia is invading Ukraine! I’m not bothered!A certain community is being bullied! So what, It’s not mine!Every day we read of war, human rights violations, cr
Many years ago, I fell sick with a near fatal illness. Most doctors gave up on me, except the Mighty Healer. After getting back on my feet, albeit a little shaky, I remember conducting a choir, in which my gift
As I see people applauding, believing wholeheartedly in what our present politicians promise I remembered a joke my late mother had sent me, called 'The Vote for Heaven or Hell!'A powerful senator dies after a
I still remember that day, I slipped and fell in the bathroom. My feet shot into the air and I fell with a thud on my back. I gingerly opened eyes and found that except for a slightly bruised elbow, I was none
As a teenager, I quite often faced pimples, and sometimes a single pimple sprouting out of my face could wreck my confidence, my evening and even make me lose a date! I remember an ad that used to come out, “
Was enjoying my coffee on my terrace garden this morning, watching friendly squirrels and birds pecking at pieces of bread I’d thrown for them, then slowly began to feel restless, even as I was enjoying the m
She stood, a small figure in front of the school notice board. With anxious eyes she searched for her number. It wasn't there.The girls around her jostled and pushed. There were screams of delight and shrieks o
“If you think you're too small to make a difference, you've obviously never been in bed with a mosquito.”Quite often I see people who don’t want to be noticed. It’s not that they are not noticed, it’s
How much money did it take for so many MLAs to cross the floor, betray their leader, betray their voters, forget their ideology and run to the other end of the country? I wonder what people do with so muc
