How we love sitting at the Head Table!I decided to walk over and interview one.Hi! I said.Sit! ordered the Head Table. Make yourself comfortable. There is a waiter at the back who will bring you juice or anythi
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As I watch my youngest grandchild slowly using her left hand more than her right, I wonder whether she is going to be left-handed.I watch her pick up a toy with her left hand, transfer a biscuit into it, and oc
Speak to the youth! said one old man to another.So, they found a radio, adjusted the microphone, cleared their throats and began speaking.Unfortunately, most of the youth listening were over fifty.Old man, whil
Papa, how do you know this news is true?My friend looked at his twelve-year-old son, then at the WhatsApp message he had just forwarded to his family group, school group, building group, prayer group and one be
A fifteen-year-old girl uses abusive language while speaking about the Prime Minister. Immediately, the machinery of power allegedly swings into action. Threats are made against her and her family, and soon the
Ive been spending the last part of an hour proving to a machine that I am who I say I am.It showed me nine little squares and asked me to identify all the traffic lights. I did. It then produced another nine sq
As this government insists on building walls between people, here are two walls worth mentioning.The first belongs to an old hospital building in a Karnataka village. For eighty years it had watched people come
One of the smallest organs in the body is the tongue, and yet there has been so much that has happened in the world because of it. In Proverbs 18:21 it says, Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and t
A poem that fascinated me in my school days was Alfred Lord Tennysons The Charge of the Light Brigade.Forward, the Light Brigade! came the command, and six hundred British soldiers galloped courageously into a
Did you always thrash your children? I asked an elderly father.Of course not! he replied indignantly. I only used my belt when words failed.And how often did words fail?Every Saturday!There was a time when many
The White Bearded Chief and his deputy, the Bald Round Head, walked solemnly towards the edge of the village.We have a serious problem, whispered the Chief.I know, said the Deputy. Your latest talk to the natio
My neighbour bought a robot vacuum cleaner. "It cleans the house all by itself," he announced proudly.The next week he bought a robot lawn mower.The week after that he proudly displayed a smart refrigerator tha
I visited the Lincoln Zoo in the US today. As I was walking past the cages, I heard a voice, Indian, are you?I stopped.The lion was looking straight at me through the thick glass of his enclosure.Yes, I replied
Have we all gone blind?Or is it only our young people whose eyes are still open?As students pour onto the streets in protest, we should begin asking what they are seeing that we have chosen to ignore.Since 2014
The world has always been a dangerous place in which wicked and evil people prey on women, children and other vulnerable peopleMonalisa ChangkijaThere are a whole lot of things that cannot be taught and/or done
Every parent knows there comes a moment when raising your voice no longer works.The child grows taller, develops opinions, discovers Google, and suddenly your famous line, "Because I said so," loses all its mag
When news emerged that Sonam Wangchuk, had allegedly been taken forcibly to hospital after his prolonged hunger strike, I found myself reflecting on a strange contradiction in our country,You may go hungr
"Grandpa, race you to the gate!"My grandson had already disappeared down the garden path before I had even decided whether my knees were willing to negotiate with the rest of my body. I took exactly three enthu
The police inspector adjusts his cap and looks at the trembling prisoner."So you say you're innocent?""Yes, sir."The inspector sighs."What unfortunate timing.""Why, sir?""Because the crowd has already gathered
A friend once cornered me after a meeting with great determination in his eyes."Bobby," he said, "I have a very important message for you."I looked at my watch.He spoke for twenty minutes.By the end of it I had
