The trouble with our country is that Governments don’t fall often enough. The life of an ordinary citizen has become staid and boring. Of course the Sensex falls and fool-proof Police cases fall flat on their faces but a very small percentage of citizens are affected by these falls. (more…)
I have a terrible conflict facing me. My vision is not all it used to be, but I can see the conflict clearly.
I had two calls on the same day. One was from my dear and reliable friends and neighbours, John and Angela Machado whom we used to know in Chembur and who now, for many years, live in Verem, Bardez, Goa.
On the border of Betim and Verem to be more exact. (more…)
MANY years ago, too many to count on my fingers and toes, I was on a training assignment in the USA. In a place called Bethel in the State of Maine, better known more for its lobsters than for its training programmes.
We were a small group working in what is known as a “behavioural sciences lab”. I have never been colour conscious in my life, but the unbelievable “goings on” in our colleges in Mumbai right now jogs my memory into remembering that except for a black-as-night American, I was the only non white in that group. (more…)
I am deeply disturbed by September 11. I am equally disturbed by the totally senseless destruction of the Afghan people most of who ask for nothing more than a few quiet hours for playing with their kids; and who prefer a ‘dust bin laden’ with food than Osama bin Laden with hate. (more…)
