Very often I pass church, temple or mosque and see crowds outside. Initially I used to think that God must be so pleased to have so many worshipping him, till I realized very few came to worship, most came to b
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After most cases of rape, assaults, kidnapping, or any crime, what one hears so often is the police station refusing to register a complaint because it is not in their area!“Police! Police! Quick, run after t
At present in the city of Mumbai, a long flyover or viaduct nearly four and a half kilometers in length runs along the length of Mohammed Ali Road. The drive is smooth and swift, but many years ago before the f
That night a watchman was asleep!I remember that night many years ago! I woke him up harshly; he stumbled to his feet, a seventy year old, who should have been resting at home with his feet up, but now still wo
“Come over to my house Bob,” my friend said over the phone, “and bring the family too! I want you to see my new home!”We went over along with another couple he’d invited. The watchmen were polite and
In a little over a week, the Jains will celebrate Kshamavani Parv, which means, “Forgiveness Day” . It is one of the most significant days for the followers of Jainism, as it is the day of forgiving and see
There were smiles on her face and tears of joy as Coco Gauff won the US Open. She was given the mike as is the custom, and without a moment’s hesitation thanked God for giving her strength to do her best and
With hospitals competing hard for business, I see the day fast approaching when their marketing departments may start working overtime to get customers.In my very vivid imagination, the phone rang at home this
Two ‘touching’ scenes comes to my mind: One is a national leader going round the world intent on touching everyone he meets internationally by hugging them, and another, again a national leader but in the o
Many, many decades ago, while riding my motorbike as a teenager, I crashed into a car and was badly injured. At least the blood all over made others feel I was terribly hurt and the ones in the car, who were ac
In the good old days when kings sat in their castles and sent their men into battle, quite often, guards from his fort watchtowers would shout, “Lone horseman riding to the fort!” And soon, they would ident
His name was Kumar and he was my best friend in school. A little fellow, compared to me, who was lean and lanky, he was short and squat.Kumar was a fighter, he could knock out any guy in class, and most kept aw
Many years ago God gave my wife and me a wonderful anniversary gift. Our younger daughter had been selected for the Miss University contest. She was only sixteen, the youngest among a group of eighteen, ninetee
My phone rang as I drove home one night many years ago. It was from a newspaper I wrote for, “Would you like to interview Evander Holyfield, the boxer?”“Ofcourse,” I said and images came to me of a badl
This morning I received a video from Orissa of a church group who were stopped from worshipping by a police patrol. I watched as the church service was stopped and the priest dragged to the police station. He w
It is accurately said that it is easy to be an angel when nobody ruffles your feathers. But it seems that feather rufflers will always be around. We're told that 19th Century German statesman Prince Otto von Bi
The Man in the Moon looked at his wife as she stopped gazing at Earth and stared at him, “What?” he asked, because women whether they were from Earth or Moon, or even from Venus, always had a question on th
Was flying from Mumbai to Istanbul, a month ago, and as usual was checked and my baggage double checked at the airport, “I guess it's because of my beard!” I told the security officer as he nearly tried to
You will never grow old,While there's love in your heart.Time may silver your golden hair,As you dream in an old rocking-chair,You will never grow old.Don't be fretful, or regretful,That you will grow old much
Most of today’s billionaires earned while they learned!And maybe that’s one reason there aren’t too many in India, since many of those billionaires abroad learned a lot from the jobs they worked at even a
