Friday, December 26, 2008

Christmas and ‘The gift of the Magi’: Sacrifice and joy amidst suffering.

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O. Henry (William Sydney Porter), was a writer par excellence who could put across his message powerfully. It is indeed seen in the short st...
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Wishes for Christmas

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Life is a mix n’ match of the good and the bad It’s about just misses and unexpected kisses The scales are tilted from one side to the next ...
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Friday, December 19, 2008

Shoe-shoe

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(Picture: MailOnline) I never really understood why? Why shoes n sandals n slippers Were kept out of worship and high places Keeping our eye...
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Sunday, December 14, 2008

Time up: Stop writing!!!

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We are running out we are told Of time and opportunities galore Socks they have to be pulled up Equipped to shake away tranquillity There’s ...
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Humans are story tellers: The power of the narrative and the Mumbai attack.

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Picture: www.storycenter.org ‘Tell me a story mummy’, she said as she was being tucked in to sleep. And then her mummy did just that. Every ...
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Monday, December 8, 2008

Achuthanandan: Yesterday’s hero, today’s zero???

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(Picture: India Today: Saurabh Singh) If ever the media needed a quote, he was there. If ever the media wanted a controversy, he was there. ...
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Saturday, December 6, 2008

Shame (less)

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Picture: SmasHits.com How long will we celebrate? How bad can we get? Who all have to die? Where will we end up? Today I cry for my mother M...
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Friday, December 5, 2008

Mediatricks

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(Picture from Brisbane Times) Serious and vilifying through tried and tested genres Predictable and yet dramatic in presentation Strong one ...
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Thursday, December 4, 2008

Tera kya hoga kaliya?

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(Picture from rediff.com) The year 1975 has been etched in the history manuals of Indian cinema. That year Ramesh Sippy’s ‘Sholay’ (Flame or...
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Monday, December 1, 2008

World AIDS Day

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Luke 6:20-22 Blessed are you who (have)1 are (AIDS) poor , for yours is the (fellowship) kingdom of God. Blessed are you who (have) are (AID...
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Colours

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(Picture by Anoop Negi) What is a colour by itself? Does it have a name or an address? Will it by itself do anything or harm anyone? And ye...
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Thursday, November 27, 2008

You can hurt me but you cannot destroy my spirit: Mumbai will survive

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Every violence, mental or physical is attributed to the skewed understanding of supremacy of a particular group. By resorting to violence th...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Watch the door sign…Please do not disturb???

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All of us value our privacy and the quality time we get to spend with our families. Many would silently wish for a sign on their door which ...
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Saturday, November 22, 2008

Networking in resurgent India: “You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours???”

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It’s the magic word used in presentations, job analysis reports and brain storming sessions. “Wake up people…start networking.” We have comm...
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Thursday, November 20, 2008

‘Statutory warning: Cross at your risk’ India’s aggressive development model vis-à-vis India’s aggressive roads

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I waited to see if I would be cared for Whether someone would stop and let me be The wait continued in a forced anonymity Till everyone else...
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