Dear Friends, thanks for doing me the honour of asking me to speak to you today. Whenever I’m asked to do something like this, something I’ve not done before, I always feel a stab of fear and my shadow-self tells me that I’m not qualified to do it. Whether it’s to be the trustee of […]
Becoming Gandhi – The Gandhi Foundation Annual Lecture 2023 Read More »
Are there other photos of him, in albums or photo galleries, which could be shared on the Research pages of the Pippa Rann Books website? Do please send them with the relevant copyright permission to publisher@pipparannbooks.com Further, if there are nuggets from memories of Ezekiel, whether at Festivals or on other occasions, that you would
On 13th of October 2023, when the untimely passing is K. S. Sachindanda Murthy (known in media circles as Sachi) was announced, in my lifetime I have never seen the media react in such a manner. Almost every newspaper and magazine in India covered his life and contribution to journalism. My maternsl grandfather, K. C.
Journalist extraordinaire – Sachi Read More »
As modern day war criminals go, you could be forgiven for thinking that it would be difficult to beat the Netanyahu- Biden duo. The former has initiated a genocide in Gaza and the latter has been giving him all diplomatic and military covering fire to get the job over quickly. Six thousand civilians dead in
WORLD LEADERS AND WAR CRIMINAL Read More »
In a previous article, I wrote that the healing process is a partnership. Healing usually seems to automatically spring forth from inside of us – at least, as long as we are in vigorous health. However, at the same time, we have the capacity to assist the healing process by distancing ourselves from what harms
Is Healing Selfish? Read More »
Query: Chaudhuri’s positive statements about British culture are well known. However, his positive statements about Indian culture and about Bengali culture are not so well known, possibly because they were made in his Bengali writings? Regardless of which language such positive statements were made by him, it would be most interesting to have a list of
The current flavour of the season is Census, not to be confused with Consensus, which is a con job on a census, as witnessed recently in the DD (Delhi Declaration) of the G-20. A census is basically a count, and the DD was a count of those nations who resolved to do nothing on any
MONKEYING AROUND WITH THE CENSUS, CONSENSUS AND CON-SENSUS Read More »
After working with thousands of abusive men, Lundy Bancroft wrote a book titled Why Does He Do That? In it, he documents his insights into the way abusers think. He explains that most abusive people are not psychologically abnormal. And most of them do feel emotions such as remorse and guilt. So, how do they
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Some of us may recall that revolutionary doctrine enunciated by one of India’s leading economists, Mr. Amit Shah, a couple of years ago, viz. that selling “pakodas” on the road constitutes gainful employment. Or that other one on this subject by our second most eminent economist, Mr. Piush Goyal, that unemployment rates in India are
REFLECTIONS ON THE GENIUS OF THE “PAKODA” ECONOMY Read More »
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