Hello Mr Chips
2017-11-23
Will the great Irish potato famine of the 19th century be echoed in a famine of ideas and leadership in India in the 21st century?Continue Reading
A striking resemblance
2017-10-26
A common man makes mistakes, a wise man learns from other peoples’ mistakes, and a fool never learnsContinue Reading
Sects, sex and suicide
2017-09-04
Avoid the sects, illicit sex and you won’t commit suicideContinue Reading
To hell and back
2017-08-25
I believe that God’s love is infinitely greater than the worst criminal acts that a human may undertakeContinue Reading
Why was Gandhi against conversions?
2017-08-18
By chhotebhai Kanpur: An advertisement issued by the government of Jharkhand in leading newspapers of the eastern Indian state on August 11, has got the hackles up of the Christian community. The ad in question carries a picture of Mahatma Gandhi and a purported quote from him. It is inContinue Reading
Trains and alarm chains
2017-08-13
By: Chhotebhai When I travel by train I feel relaxed. I am not tensed about the journey because I trust the driver, the guard and the system. I am not constantly on edge about what may happen, and it hasn’t even crossed my mind to look for the alarm chain orContinue Reading
Poached eggs are insipid
2017-08-10
Chhotebhai Remember the young boy crunching Sachin Tendulkar’s hand in the ad “Sunday ho ya Monday, Khate Raho anday” by the National Egg Co-ordination Committee? Long before the ad, I have been an egg fan. My dil hai Hindustani but my preferred breakfast is continental, in which an egg isContinue Reading