By chhotebhai Kanpur: Quite frankly, I must admit that I don’t like the title! How can love be bracketed with dark secrets? It should not, but so often is; hence this attempt to remove the dark secrets and bring love out into the sunshine. Let me begin with the storyContinue Reading
Dr. George Jacob Kochi, Feb 14, 2020: The other morning, the maid who comes home to help in the kitchen arrived in tears. She looked distraught. Though dark-complexioned, reddened bumps showed through her face. Her hair was disheveled. Her eyes were blood-shot. She lacked her characteristic joie de vivre dispositionContinue Reading
Armed with saffron flags and sticks the Hindu zealots threatened young couples Continue Reading
Ah, steak and chocolate, the indulgent mainstays of Valentine’s Day dinners. And exactly the kind of extravagances that observers of Lent, which also starts on Wednesday with Ash Wednesday, are asked to avoid. The confluence of the events — occurring for the first time since 1945 — has created aContinue Reading
Coimbatore: A Tamil Nadu based fringe Hindu outfit Tuesday wanted the district administration to ban Valentine’s Day celebrations tomorrow. Such celebrations are against the culture and tradition of India, Hindu Makkal Katchi president Arjun Sampath told reporters. He also took strong objection to actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan’s reported remarks on “HinduContinue Reading