The Supreme Court has disappointed again. While not interfering with the bail granted to the three student activists- Natasha, Kalita and Asif- in the Delhi riots and ” conspiracy ” case, it has, vide its order of 18th June 2021, effectively stayed the Delhi High Court order on UAPA. To my mind, the court had […]
IT’S TIME TO BE OUTRAGED , MY LORDS. Read More »
Baba Ramdev is nobody’s fool, as the IMA ( Indian Medical Association ) seems to think. Anyone who started life by churning his stomach like a washing machine and ended up with a multi billion dollar empire has to be a smart cookie. And just marvel at his latest coup: the acquisition of the Rs.
BABA RAMDEV vs THE INDIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION : A SHAMBOLIC WAR Read More »
Mythology forms a large part of the BJP-RSS combine’s world view ( such as it is), and the TINA (There Is No Alternative ) myth is an important part of it. TINA is, predictably, the last refuge of the government’s supporters who have now run out of money, oxygen, jobs, Remdesiver, vaccines, doctored statistics and
DEBUNKING THE ” TINA” MYTH Read More »
In which category do we, dear reader, include the work that our mothers and wives do at home? Skilled or unskilled? Perhaps, in neither; for the reason that we take it for granted. My experience is quite different. The first time I got into the kitchen to make a cup of tea for myself, I
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Some say Fr. Stan Swami is a ‘torch-bearer of the Indian Constitution’. The government says, he is an instigator of violence, an anarchist who conspires, in tandem with the Maoists, to overthrow the government. As per Aristotle, the truth should lie in- between. What lies in-between in this case is that he was a sympathiser
Fr. Stan Swami – Instigator or Victim? Read More »
Jesus emphasized the importance of seeing things in perspective. That is what he meant when he asked us to mind the beam in our eyes. If you have a beam in your eye, what you can’t do is to see issues aright. When the Jews conspired, led by the priests, to kill Jesus, they believed
There’s Something Beyond the Law The tails are up in church circles that a legal victory has been won. A favourable High Court verdict has been secured. Long-standing injustice is corrected. Frankly, I am neither convinced nor impressed. Rather, I am disappointed. Of course I believe in equality. I believe in justice. But I also
On Minority Scholarship and the State Read More »
I am essentially a ” dhaba ” man. Give me a choice between a good, clean dhaba on a highway and a fancy restaurant and I shall plump for the former every time, even if you are paying the bill! This is not a reverse snobbishness, or my inability to decipher “Potatoes Dauphinoise” or ”
THE HIGHWAY DHABA – A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE. Read More »
I have been asked by many on different occasions and diverse places about the spiritual meaning and significance of the mitre of our bishops and thirumenis. They are confused because they find no warrant for this in the New Testament, which is the basis for the Christian faith. Then from where did this come? Well,
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