About ten years ago, a friend who hadn’t seen me in over two decades, offered me some tips as to what jewelry to wear to lunch when I meet one of my former editors of a Dhaka daily. He came to Maryland on business and to spend time with his family. I was a little nervous about the lunch meeting.[Read More…]
First the words; Eulogy: a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly, especially a tribute to someone who has just died. Elegy: An elegy is a sad poem, usually written to praise and express sorrow for someone who is dead. But eulogies, Wikipedia assures me, can also be delivered at retirement functions and other such events when a person[Read More…]
Covid-19 did the impossible: it changed the concept of time as a finite resource. Type A individuals, like me, were faced with the realisation that we had time on our hands. Therefore, we just had to make it as productive as possible. It sounded like good news. Gone were the dreadful Mondays that spoiled all our Sundays, and along with[Read More…]
This morning when I pulled opened the curtains to my dining room window overlooking the neighborhood park, I spotted one of my neighbors (let me call her Lillete) is power walking in the park. She looked radiant and chic in her joggers outfit. She appeared much energized. Looking back a few months ago, I remembered last year’s Halloween night (October[Read More…]
It’s always darkest right before dawn. In this dark time, which is the most frightening experience for a lot of people, we must find our strength to go on. The Coronavirus pandemic is going to be over one day and we must try our hardest to make it. Many have been lost and many are fighting for their life.[Read More…]
Lockdown Series 5 As lock down moves to 50 days, there is a “new normal’ emerging. Human beings have the amazing and scary capacity to adapt and endure in myriad ways to crisis and tribulations maintaining the minimum “ business as usual” attitudes”. The days of lock down and Corona scare have brought out this fortitude and coping strategies of[Read More…]
Jamal Uddin had lived an ordinary and extraordinary life at the same time. His life story is about hard work, determination, and resilience in living the life of an immigrant in New York City. “Mr. Uddin was born in Chittagong, Bangladesh, where the Karnaphuli River flows into the Bay of Bengal. He was not poor, but he knew what it[Read More…]
Commemorations of the Bhima Koregaon Battle Are a Reminder that Colonialism in India Predates the Arrival of the British 
Modi’s India has lost Kashmir 
Revive the Role of Trust in Economy and Politics 
An Arab Autumn 2.0 Awaits To Happen 
Article 370 & Kashmiri Women: The fading spectacle of empowerment and emancipation 
Bollywood Star Survives COVID, But Stokes India’s Lynching Pandemic 
It Could Have Been Different – My World and (Unfortunately) Welcome to It 
Sri Preston Kulkarni’s RSS Problem 
The Ram Temple Celebration in Modi-fied India 
“At Ayodhya, On Unity in Diversity of 300 Ramayanas, PM Modi Bows before Scholar A. K. Ramanujan” 
70 Years Of Constitutional Rights Denied To 20 Millions Indian Dalit Christians 
Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims await justice: 70 Years of Discrimination based on Religion 
The Attack on Indigenous Rights in Brazil 
Fascism: Classical and present form – differ only in method and strategy 
Media, instead of faulting PM Modi for Bhoomi pooja, chants Jai Shri Ram 
Pushing GMO Crops Into India: Experts Debunk High-Level Claims of Bt Cotton Success 
Social Stigmatisation of Covid 19 Patients 
Growing up as a girl in rural India: What does it mean? 5th August, 2020 and thereafter 
Selective Maritime Rules: The United States, Diego Garcia and International Law 
Beirut Blast 
Lebanon: The Beirut Blast, Destabilisation, Chaos, an attempt at Regime change 
Food Security In India – An Analysis 
Indian Christians Call Upon The Government To Protect The Minorities And The Marginalised 
On Community Control of Police: An interview with M Adams 
Philosophers Of Patience 
US Anyhow Want CPEC/BRI Dead 
Vaccinate This….But!! 
NAPM expresses Solidarity with Adv Prashant Bhushan 
Understanding the Spirit of Quit India Movement Such A Temple Would Not Have Been Acceptable To Ram And Should Not Be Acceptable To A Common Hindu 
Democracy is not about Detention and Suppressing Dissent: Release political prisoners and restore trust 
The World on Fire 
The Likud Conspiracy: Israel in the Throes of a Major Political Crisis 
Foiled at Toronto: The Tiger Squad’s Canadian Outing Is Indian Big data collection for Israel’s Covid-19 Rapid Test kits development ethical? 
Human Rights: Feminism Inside The Womb 
Two Language formula –mother tongue and English medium best suits 
India-China Border Conflict: Need For A change In Attitude Of Indian Polity 
A nuclear-free world is crucial for sustainable development 
In recent times, the term ‘fascism’ has become so widely used that it has become difficult to define it precisely. It is often used as a metaphor by the fiercest critics of any politics. Historically, however, fascism refers to extreme right-wing, anti-democratic, ultranationalism that spread rapidly through Europe between the two world wars. Though it is commonly associated with Adolf[Read More…]
