Today, 12 October, is International Girl Child Day . There’s been too much in the news recently for me not to write this piece. Not Fit To Be Born is not a poem (I can’t write poetry). It’s just something that flowed out of the anguish I feel each time I read about some fresh […]
Choosing Between Justice And Revenge
When having to choose between justice and revenge, it seems like many people are choosing revenge. More and more, we see the rise of mob justice, kangaroo courts, custodial deaths, police encounters and the latest in India – bulldozer justice! Choosing Between Justice And Revenge In my home state of Telangana (in South Central India), […]
Standing Up For Other People
This morning I re-read the parable of the Good Samaritan. To summarize the story for those who are not familiar with it, a traveller, probably a Jew, is is brutally beaten, stripped and left for dear on the road. This is not just a robbery or a mugging. The thieves stole the man’s dignity along […]
Cutting A Path Into Tomorrow
Today is Independence Day in India. 75 years ago, the India that existed was divided into parts – India and Pakistan. 75 years ago, the British colonial rule over India ended. From the ramparts of the Red Fort, our first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, spoke eloquently of the dream for a new India. A dream […]
What would you like to offer the world?
India is in the middle of one of the worst humanitarian crises we’ve ever experienced. The second wave of Covid-19 has caught the country and its Government completely by shock. I wrote a post two weeks back wondering what was the remedy for this. Some of you commented that there was only one way out […]