School Reloaded
This article takes off from the previous one exploring the natural rights of children that are abused casually. So here, I am looking at schools. Let me say upfront that I am […]
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Tribute to the Sai Baba Fraud
Now that he’s dead, these videos will become less popular. Thought I’d keep them handy, just in case N grows up and wants to be a conjurer, this could get
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Sai Baba dies off-schedule
Sai Baba died. My condolences to all who mourn him. Must be quite sad. He was well loved, well followed by many, though inexplicable to many others. On the other
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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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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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Toilets please
Image via Wikipedia Earlier in 2010, a UN study found far more people in India have access to a mobile phone than to a toilet. Now, with the government all
Chance booking as an Instructor in Adventure Camps in Manali
I first went to Manali as an adult in 1998. Vidyadhar Joshi, or as he is informally known as Kaka had started a new outdoor adventure company called The Outdoor
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Really simple hot process soap
Quick and easy hot process soap making. So far, I have made about 5-6 batches. Looks good.
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Army encounters and other killings
Today, there is news of yet another Kashmiri student dying in an Army encounter. The Army says that it had received information on suspicious activity and had laid an ambush.
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