All men don’t mean only the men folks. It is a euphemism for “humanity”. You may not agree, but that’s the fact, all people are not equal. If you don’t agree with me, ask the people – of different color, caste, religions, rich and poor, educated and uneducated, dirty and clean, men and women. Now, George Orwell said it right in his novel Animal Farm – all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. He cleverly depicts the hypocrisy of governments that proclaim the absolute equality of their citizens but give power and privileges to a small elite. First a reality check. Many years ago real bits and pieces of information came through emails I had received from a childhood friend of our younger daughter who was in Kenya during 2005 and 2006. As a young woman full of energy and idealistic drive she had gone to provide health care support in remote Kenya being based…
It is Christmas time. There is Christmas music in the air coming from the lobby. As I look down from upstairs I see a…
You know I had a family. We had a community. Every year we used to fly south from our homes in the frozen north…
Five decades ago with some money borrowed from a few friends I had left my house on a mighty river called Brahmaputra in search…
The phone rang. It was around 9:30 at night. I was preparing to go to bed as usual as I am an early-to-rise and early-to-bed person. It’s…
Aging is a natural process, but in my opinion, it’s not all physical. It has to do with one’s mental attitude and physical activity…
I see him just about every morning during my jog. Jogging in the dawn through the neighborhood still asleep and then through a nearby trail…
We fly half-way around the world to New Delhi. After almost sixteen hours of non-stop flight, we land at almost midnight through a dark…
Winter is approaching fast. Autumn comes routinely as expected. The cool, crisp, morning sun gives a reprieve from the summer heat. But then summer…