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   Any which way I look at it, the past year’s experiences has been, like it always has been, a mixed menu of all kinds of flavours, the sweet, the sour, the bitter and the pungently hot. Didn’t the bard say that variety is the spice of life?       Moments spent with family and friends brought [...]

   Merry Christmas everyone. Sharing with you, on this occasion an article on Jesus, the messiah, by V.R. Krishna Iyer . (The author, 93 years old, is a retired Supreme Court Judge of distinction, a former Cabinet Minister in the Kerala government, a great humanist, and a regular contributor to The Hindu)      Was not the kingdom of [...]

          I’ve been listening to Mahendra Kapoor’s  songs this evening. This one from the film “Humraaz” has always been a favourite. The lyrics sure has the ability to lift you up and carry you across a desolate mood, returning to you the confidence you have in yourself  and in the world ,  which you thought [...]

          Sharing with you the editorial written by Sunita Narain, In the latest edition of the magazine “Down to Earth”                  I am dedicating this post to my friend VT,(http://vixx.rediffiland.com) who doesn’t like “nazar milaoing” with her J “After months of downward spiral, the dreaded r-word must be uttered. The world’s major economies are into a [...]

A friend sent me this prayer. It is kind of cute:-) “Every  single evening As  I’m lying here in  bed, This  tiny little Prayer Keeps  running through my  head: God  bless all my  family Wherever  they may be, Keep  them warm and  safe from harm For  they’re so close to  me. And  God, there is one more  thing I  wish that you could  do; Hope  you don’t [...]

       I cannot exactly remember where I had first come across this information, but it was news to me, that there is a provision in the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961, allowing the voters to cast a negative vote. Googling for more information , I came across a news item in The Telegraph , dated, [...]