PAVEMENT VIEWS

Recently the top-honcho of the RSS went on record to say that every Hindu would only do his/her duty if they had at least three children....

When I was younger we had a cute little Pomeranian called Paru. She was a very loveable, and obedient dog. So much so that if you put the...

My move away from religion has, not surprisingly, evoked a major reconvert crusade among the people I love. It stems from a genuine worry...

Hockey may be India’s national sport according to the textbooks. But in real life it is cricket that captures the imagination of the...

In his inauguration speech President Kennedy said, “Let the word go forth from this time in place to friend and foe alike. The torch has...

Watching images of destruction in the wake of Katrina my belief about the lack of a “God” was further strengthened. Not because He let...

Dear Sir, With the recent deaths of two children in the city through unfortunate circumstances, the grim reality of the dangerous nature...

Dear Sir, I write to you with a humble request, which I hope you will treat seriously. During this month, your entourage has blocked...

I start every morning reading the online edition of the New York Times. Most of the time I just browse the headlines and go straight to...

The first fact to consider is the amount of rainfall – a mammoth 94+ cm of rainfall. There is no way any organization can be prepared for...

The largely Arab dominated Sudanese government has been supporting a systematic genocide of the Furs through a band of thugs called...

Recently I was given to understand that the Church now teaches its seminarians that each day of creation referred to in the Book of...

Kiran is one of the softest people you can meet. I first met him as a colleague, and as has happened with a lot of others, we became...

Free enterprise is one of the best things that happened to India in the last decade. The government had progressively reduced its hold on...

My earliest recollection of the Bachchan is of a movie titled Kala Paththar (Black Stone) in which Amitabh plays a man tormented by a...

. Forrest Gump . Finding Neveland . Big Fish . E.T. – The Exra Terrestrial . Life is Beautiful . The Shawshank Redemption . Bruce...

A friend recently asked me, “If there is one advice you can give the world to change it, what would it be?” Without hesitation I replied,...

Boyzone, Westlife, Viva, S5, the list goes on. The music industry has decided that there is a formula to creating successful bands. Music...

There is one point on which everybody agrees – Life is our greatest gift. Be they atheists, or believers; Christians, Hindus, or Muslims;...

This is not a “there is no God” tirade; quite to the contrary, it is one about God. I once read somewhere that “if there wasn’t a God, we...