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- From Japaratinga - The Healing Poison
Japaratinga is a small town on the east coast of Brazil, a couple of hours drive from the cities of...
- Is This The Kind Of Progress We Want?
Is it a mark of what we call “progressive societies” that the more civilized and progressive they become, the less...
- Terrorism - What's Under The Surface?
There is a good and a bad side to almost everything, when you think about it. Maybe this is part...Uma Ranganathan
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- Thoughts Inspired By A Sack
A funny thing happened a couple of days back. Our cook A, who pulls out a story a day for...
- A Bad Habit Called A Reality Soap
Years ago, when I started watching the “Bold and the Beautiful” and got unexpectedly hooked onto it I hit ...
- Goa - The Ride From Heaven To Hell
Seven weeks after her body was discovered on Anjuna beach in Goa, the story of Scarlett Keeling continues to haunt...
- The Reality Of Mob Mentality
Bad things happen as we know, to people who, even if they are not always good, don’t deserve such things...
- Book Review: The Way of Love: Learning To See
“If you wish to love you must learn to see again.”The sentence could have come straight out of...
- Baba Amte - Maybe We Will Meet Again!
I wrote my first piece on Baba Amte long before I met him or had even visited his home, Anandwan, where...
- The Foundations Of Community - Part II
Freedom, like so many other concepts which we bandy around, is a much misunderstood one. Today it is seen as...
- The Foundations of Community - I
If I were asked to list off hand, five elements on which true community is based, this is what I...
- A Modern Wedding
I am not a great fan of large scale gatherings and generally avoid things like weddings and funerals. Not that...
- Timbaktu, Here I Come!
It is dusk by the time we arrive at Timbaktu and the steaming hot cups of tea with which we’re...
- Deciphering A Mixed Message
During a recent lighthearted round of gossip with a friend we chanced upon a popular topic - extramarital relationships. One of...
- The New Age - Why It Didn't Really Take Off
My first brush with the New Age was in the late eighties when a friend I was visiting in Cologne...
- Travel Review: Why I Love Goa
There are basically three reasons that Goa attracts me because of which I find myself heading for the place every...
- James Watson Vs. Howard Gardner - What Does Intelligence Mean?
The other day my mother expressed her opinion on James Watson’s remarks on intelligence in her usual succinct fashion....
- Sunita Williams, Potato Chips, and Space Research
The Indian media reminds me of a one-man dog. Once it gets hold of someone you find the person’s mug...
- How To Deal With Surveys
Today's papers carry a report on the current thinking on fish. What they're now saying is that it is good...
- A Few Thoughts On A Tolerant Society
Two recent events have got me thinking for the umpteenth time about why so many of us in today’s world...
- Ganesh Chaturthi - Sacred Ritual Or An Outlet For Frustration?
Returning to India hasn’t been as tough as I thought it would be. This is what I wrote to friends...
- Silently Calling All Children
I thought I would start this piece by sharing with you the little I know about a dinosaur which...
- What The Heart Says - Satsangs With Isaac Shapiro
Having crawled a major part of the way through a kilometre long traffic jam on the autobahn we finally...
- The Rise Of The Mixed Breed
Times are changing, and not necessarily for the worse. At least not always. This is the message I get from...
- Home Is Where I Am
“I’m looking for a place I can call home,” A says as we sit around the kitchen table licking...
- The Two Faces Of Germany
Germany has two faces, but then, isn’t it possible to say that about all countries, religions, cultures and individuals. This...
- Of Dinosaurs, Chocolate Cream Bars And Friendship
It’s eleven o’clock on a Tuesday morning. Or is it already Wednesday? Nobody seems to keep track of things like...
- Living Without Borders
Visiting foreign lands is supposed to work wonders for your overall perspective on life, for your understanding of the human...
- The Monsoon And Other Social Levelers
I’m thinking of how much good the monsoon does us and I don’t mean so much in terms of the...
- Bergman and Bhajiyas - An Unlikely Tribute
Ingmar Bergman is dead. The morning papers brought me the news. I went through Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s tribute to the master,...
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