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responding with grief to moments of joy shared with loved ones that are no longer with us, is the memory so fickle that it turns from love and joy in an instant to grief ? the purity that lay in that moment altered and prejudiced forever by ever changing attitude of memory ? by fear [...]

I went to Jag Mundhra's funeral expecting grief. What I felt was a warmth.  Almost as if the warmth he exuded all his life exploded out and permeated the molecules of the air around us.  I met his wife, Chandra and through her tears her first words to me were " What a history we [...]

Getting to grips with a the media hype of the modern world that is completely designed to make you feel a lack of self worth unless you are 'cool' and 'with it' is a loosing battle, Simply because there are too many marketing ideas designed to make money based on the psychology of guilt Oh [...]

There is so much being said on TV and press about the unconstitutional nature of protests over the Jan Lokpal Bill.  It is important for every citizen to read the Constitution to decide for themselves. However the system is not the Constitution. The system is merely an administrative interpretation of the Constitution. So to say [...]

There is debate raging, or perhaps more than debate -a revolution -seething in India that could redefine the relationship between a People and it's democratically elected Parliament and Government. Does Power once given to the elected Government and Parliament for it's term ( in India 5 years) effectively take all Power away from the Citizens [...]

While growing up, I'd never really considered how important it is to be imaginative.   It's a childhood profession, you could say.   It comes naturally.   Then we hit an age when we're presented with a scantron of bubble-in options, a template for a CV that we need to create, and Excel.  At that point, our [...]

Ah yes, this one is going to get really acrimonius given what just happened in Norway.  But Abdul has raised some questions of 'awareness' and prejudice.  I hope for an informative healthy debate here without people hurling abuse at each other : "Problems cannot be solved on the same level of awareness which created them [...]

Sunita Rajkumar sent me this and I was moved by what I read. So relevant to our times "The reality is not that I lack respect for the law; it’s that I have greater respect for justice. Where there is a conflict between the law and the higher moral code that we all share, my [...]

Corporate Slaves:— I am Lost in the maze of regional rivalries. Exploring the current political and social situation of the world is like putting your head into a washing machine. A lot has been written and said on this subject, but none of it makes sense to me. Role of Media: In the midst of [...]

He took out two phones, gently placed them on the table. One rang. He stepped away to answer it. In the meantime, the other one rang as well. He held the phone wrapped in his hand as he attended to the first call. Polite and professional, he explained in Urdu, the door-to-door campaign would start [...]