Reflections
306. Let good sense prevail
I'm not certain how much is factual and how much is exaggeration, but it still feels enjoyable to hear.According to a report released by Axios, a U.S. website, Donald Trump challenged Benjamin Netanya...
305. Make yourselves nests of pleasant thoughts
There are days when I feel low, try to avoid the task at hand, and just close my eyes, sitting under a tree on my farm, devoid of any thought. Today was such a day. The world feels as if it is sl...
304. The girl I fell in love with when I saw her photo
I can never forget those enchanting days in Madras that felt like liberation, a liberation forced upon me. Still, as a free spirit, I was eager to explore the world after a permanent breakup of a majo...
303. Remembering Maureen Patricia Duffy, the queen of activism
Maureen Patricia Duffy, the English poet, playwright, novelist, non-fiction author, and pioneering advocate for gay writers’ rights, died two days ago, on May 27, at the age of 92.A friend gifted me h...
302. A burning Beirut asks, “Do You Love Me?”
At the 2025 Venice Film Festival, one of the most talked-about films was the Lebanese docufilm Do You Love Me. The film was released in Beirut just a week ago and isn't available on any pla...
301. Pope Leo XIV is in tune with the times
Being an agnostic, I have never been a fan of any religious leaders, if we can call them that - the one with many followers, the head of a religion, a sect, or a math.But ever since US President Donal...
300. Peace in the Middle East will only be achieved if Iran becomes a nuclear power
Today, I read a report predicting that detonating a single nuclear weapon over New York could result in approximately 583,160 deaths. Almost six lakhs of innocents will die in seconds! It's very frigh...
299. I’m concerned about my friends in Kyiv
The past two days have been extremely painful for me. Seeing the visuals sent by friends from Kyiv, I have come to realize the smallness of the living world, of humanity, and of the earth itself, espe...
298. Oslo, Press Freedom Index & Editor’s Guild of India
I wanted to dismiss this minor incident, which was intentionally staged by a wannabe journalist in Oslo seeking the limelight during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit. The incident recei...
297. Those who made our lives easier
While figures such as Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell gained widespread fame, many crucial innovators behind everyday technologies died in obscurity, lacked recognition, or faced financial har...
296. An offensive tweet by American activist Kwame Ture
Theodor Herzl (1860–1904) is generally acknowledged as the pioneer of modern political Zionism. He was a Hungarian Jewish journalist and lawyer who founded the Zionist Organization, promoting Jewish m...
295. When you have no power of choice
Reading Harriet Martineau’s Autobiography was interesting, as it answered some questions I had about writing. She mentions in her Autobiography that she had no ‘power of choice’ when it came to her in...