Mourning Holi
Today is holi, and my heart is heavy with grief at something precious lost. When I was a kid, I lives with my grandmother and grandfather. We used to plan […]
Kids
Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Crisis: What is really the danger?
When the MD of TEPCO Mr Akio Komori weeps on National Television, we can no longer escape accepting that the plant is in big trouble. Newly released images and video
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Thoughts on Democracy: The rulers, the opposers and the irrelevants
As a kid, I remember questioning “If someone is really good at making country decisions, but doesn’t have money to advertise, then aren’t we losing him?” That’s profound, but I
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Politics in India: External Perfection, eternal pursuit
Warning: This is a rambling article. Not edited. It is not intended to present any argument, but wander in ideas. What you feel as you read it is probably more
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Bullshit of nuclear proportions
We have been hearing the reassurances. But there are holes. Big, glaring ones. I’m no nuclear scientist, but since I can’t stop this planet and get off, there are a
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The Dalit Girl and the Brahmin Old Woman
A memory of how my High caste Brahmin grandmother took a Dalit girl under her wing and mentored her education… a relationship triggered by me, but sustained, nurtured and celebrated by one unlikely pair.
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Kids in an adult world
What happens when a child gets attention by doing adult things in an adult world? No, I’m not talking about child porn or human traficking or other established evils. I’m
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Save Water
I often talk about stuff like saving water, plastic, etc with kids I know. No lectures, just…. talking about it. Effects, ideas that are easy and make a difference, etc.
The Republic's abandoned kids – finally owned!
“Our republic cannot bear the stain of killing its children like this” ~ Indian Supreme Court Judge on possibility of extra-judicial killing of Maoist Azad. There is hope. This isn’t
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