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Terrorism

                         Why, why, why  ? What goads terrorism , how does it take root, what is the psychology of a suicide bomber , what fuels his animosity…questions galore , that have been troubling minds of concerned people  for sometime now. There is no one answer and therein lies the problem, perhaps.        I [...]


Mumbai

Dear friends,           Sometimes, when going through a crisis ,  it is difficult to put into words ,the range of feelings that keeps assaulting us , with fresh inputs of all hues, bombarding us from all sides. The mind goes into a confused whirl, not knowing what to ignore and what to give credence to. [...]


Morality and Capitalism

             Here is an article that appeared in The Week,(November 16th edition).  Morality and capitalism BIZ SENSE    By Mikhail Gorbachev This financial crisis is, in all likelihood, only the first stage of an economic crisis that may be the worst since the Great Depression of the 1930s. No country, no sector of the economy will escape the crisis which [...]


Kanyakumari

        On the way back from Kerala, I had made a detour to Pune, where my son presently is. He had got a campus placement after completing B.B.A from Synmbiosis, early this year and had started working in an Advertising firm. I was planning to stay with him for a day at the place , [...]


Click happy

       I’ve finally been able to say good bye to my old minolta camera. I must say it did give me very loyal company for many years. But it has been giving me trouble lately, the reel getting stuck and refusing to move right when i wanted it to click the most.        A kodak digital [...]


Down memory lane

Hi folksJ        Back again to Noida after a short visit to Kerala. I love travelling and if it is in the direction of where my roots are, it is an added thrill. I hadn’t planned for this trip really, but a nephew of mine, whom I hadn’t met for around six years , was [...]


From Kannur to Kashmir

       Who would have thought that this laid back town would become the breeding ground for the Al -Khaida.  Who would have thought that the name of Uruvachal, our ward under the Kannur Muncipality, would suddenly gain prominence as the main news item in all the channels and newspapers , here in Kerala, for being [...]