Category: Opinion

We humans haven’t been in existence since the inception of Earth, we have arrived here rather quite recently. Our distant ancestors took millions of years to evolve and, in the present form, arrived here just about 200,000 to 300,000 years ago, around the time when Earth may have completed nearly […]

It was an unusual Sunday. At daybreak, feeling a little sluggish, I decided to use the day as a relaxing holiday. Little did I know, however, that the lull through the first half of the day would be followed by a fierce storm in the afternoon, a storm of a […]

In 1929, J Krishnamurti (1895-1986) said at a public gathering: “Truth is a Pathless Land and can’t be approached by any power whatsoever, or by any religion, or by any sect. Truth being limitless, unconditional, unapproachable by any power whatsoever, can’t be organised, nor should any organisation be formed to […]

“Who am I, where did I come from, where am I going?” These questions bothered him since his pre-school days. He was no saint and there was nothing extraordinary about him; he was just an average kid, albeit with interesting contradictions in the shades of his nature. Despite having an […]

We humans depict grave contradictions through our contrasting behaviours. We encapsulate both good and bad of the Creation. Despite being mortals, we are so much better than gods in so far as our benevolent endeavours are concerned. Our present life is all due to relentless human endeavours since our existence. […]

Deepawali (also known as ‘Diwali’) unified my world a few days ago, albeit for a day at least. Many friends and well-wishers from across the planet, belonging to all major religious faiths — Hinduism, Sikhism, Christianity, Islam (both Sunni and Shia), Jainism and Buddhism — sent me warm, personalised greetings […]

Moon River must have been around 72 years old when she passed away on November 5, 2019, in a hotel room at Mumbai, awaiting treatment to her sickness. She had been an exceptionally sharp, witty and beautiful woman, inherently a thinker by her natural disposition. Coming from a family of […]

I died ten days ago. My name was Flower. I don’t know how I died. I was in my early seventies but I looked at least a decade older. I did not dye my white hair. My eyesight was weak and I looked frail, with a slight hunch. Not long […]

It is already mid-autumn and the old tree is still loaded with fruit. Alas, there are not any fruit pickers around! Winter is looming. The old tree may not survive the winter; it may be destined to wither away. It can do nothing but wait and hope its fruit is […]

Vaali, a white shepherd, is my son’s pet. Born in Perth, Western Australia, about 6 years ago, Vaali lives currently in Auckland, New Zealand. Earlier, he lived in Christchurch for a couple of years. In my book, “A book of random thoughts — conversations with myself” (2019), I wrote about […]