George Menezes

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…)