-Both are valuable and essential. Have doubts?- ask a bankrupt man. Or ask a Palestinian, a refugee from Syria lurking on international borders or a hemi-nation in a warring region of Africa. -One can inherit it. If we have benefitted from the status quo, we can have too much of either. -An excess can lead […]
Gold, Silver and Bronze- And Happiness
Like everyone, I was ecstatic when Sakshi got the bronze medal in wrestling, in the Rio Olympics. Her exuberant exultation showed that she was, too. I watched Sindhu get her silver in badminton. She is the first Indian woman to get a silver in the Olympics, ever. What a marvellous achievement! It beats Sakshi’s bronze […]
Towards a Rational Nationalism.
Yesterday I heard it again- ‘Our country is going to the dogs’. I looked outside. Many innocent members of the canine species looked back amiably. Some middle class Malayalees hurried along the road, looking focussed. Scores of construction workers from various corners of the country were building a Metro Rail track on which I and […]
“I feel great” may not be that good.
Imagine you are a young man living in a nice city. You are healthy and attractive. You have skills and are professionally qualified. You are attractive to women. Life is good. The future appears bright. You are happy. One day you realise that your life had been a lie. You are actually a prisoner […]
The Gift of Death.
Raphy’s first memories of Medical College, Trichur were pleasant. But they also included the unpleasant one about the stray dogs. And the attack of epilepsy. It was in his second year, and his grandmother had just died, leaving him an orphan. The grief was unbearable. Nobody could understand it, and that made it worse. Grandmothers […]