Saturday, February 20, 2010

Being beautiful during lent

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The picture of what is beautiful is a constructed one. Culture passes us through the rites of purification and injects the botox of beauty ...
Monday, February 15, 2010

Will you be my Valentine this lent?

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Yesterday in church I preached about preparing for the great lent. But I also preached on Valentine’s day. Obviously one would immediately r...
Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Is my church a public monument?

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Where does one learn the unforgettable lesson of sharing one’s resources with others? In one’s house…no. My first lessons of sharing what I...
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Thursday, January 28, 2010

Am I an Indian?

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India has crossed sixty years of being declared a republic and it is an achievement which is laudable. Higher foreign exchange reserves, a r...
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Friday, January 22, 2010

I refuse to speak

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Maharashtra has done it again. After the Shiv Sena and MNS arm twisting of the state, the Congress government has joined the queue quoting ...
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Thursday, January 7, 2010

New year and the power of no

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We are still very much in the fervour and flavour of the new year 2010 and it makes pure sense to gung-ho with the things which need to be d...
Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Knowing who you are.

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The beginning of a year also poses the difficult question of what to start writing on. For obvious reasons, the beginning of the year post w...
Wednesday, December 30, 2009

I’m lovin’ it!!!

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Mcdonalds has already managed to swamp India with the I’m lovin’ it slogan. Good one to place the emphasis on what they claim to be finger l...
Monday, December 28, 2009

Being complete for Christmas???

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Kripayal jaatha- guhayilamarnone Pazhthuniyal-le potheyapettone deva… daya cheythedeeneme (Verses from the sung liturgy for Christmas in ...
Wednesday, December 23, 2009

D for idiocracy

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A bill to make voting compulsory ? Modi has outdone himself in the quest of bringing draconian laws onto an unsuspecting and susceptible pub...
Monday, December 21, 2009

The Goan mismatch

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The recent speech in the Rajya Sabha by a Congress party member of parliament from Goa, Shantaram Naik, on the rape and murder of a British...
Saturday, December 12, 2009

Swapping the immediate for the mediated

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It is not unnatural these days to do online counselling and priests need to be prepared to sometimes even go the extra mile as that would pr...
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Thursday, December 10, 2009

Jesus s(h)aves!!!

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Advertisements have become such an integral part of our lives. It is another thing whether we like it or not! Many will feel the bite while ...
Friday, December 4, 2009

The Pain of a Tragedy

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How does it feel when life becomes death? When the very air we cherish turns into a noose around our neck? Who will know that what they see ...
Saturday, November 21, 2009

Disappearing to appear

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Numerous stares, sympathetic faces and uncomfortable postures go along with the disabled person wherever they go. Especially in countries li...
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