If I Were President ? The first thing I would do as President of India is educate the masses. India’s biggest problem is its bludgeoning population. Poverty, crime, corruption all stem from this one problem. Land is finite and unless India...
A Canine’s Life My name is Silky. I am six years old. That makes me 60 years old by human standards. My master’s name is Sunny. I love my life. I wake up in the morning and nudge my master awake....
My Fascination With Cooking I lived with Grandmother Angeline and watched her as she moved incessantly between pots and pans. We were a large family and although there were other women in the house, the kitchen was Grandmother’s domain and I...
Chocolates: My Sweet Addiction The very thought of chocolates makes my mouth water. I love all kinds of chocolates. My mother teases me by saying that I don’t have a sweet tooth but several sweet teeth. When I went to high...
Miracles Miracles are those incidents that seem to defy logic, like walking on water or healing the terminally ill. Anything that defies logic is attributed to divine intervention and we have the makings of a miracle. Such miracles are rare and...
My Favorite Channel Travel and living is my favorite channel. For those like me, who cannot afford to visit the different countries of the world, it is a gift to be able to watch the snow in Switzerland, the Statue of...
Mother Tongue A “Mother tongue” is the language that a human being learns from infancy. It is normally the native language of that person and he learns it from his parents and other members of the family and it is with...
Best Cook In The World For seven years, I lived with Grandpa. Grandpa did a lot of creative things with his hands like carving, and painting but the best thing he did was cooking. He would just saunter into the kitchen,...
Love Thy Neighbor Rev. Jerome preaches regularly about how we must love each other and love our neighbors but Rev. Jerome does not have neighbors like ours. Mr. Gumte regularly spits on the staircase and Mrs. Kapoor sings bhajans so loudly,...
Leadership Someone rightly said, “leaders are made, not born”. My friend Seanna lost her parents in an auto car accident. Her elder sister, Sharon, was severely injured in the accident. She lost her feet. Seanna was thirteen years old when this...