We have lived through an era where too often, short-term gains were prized over long-term prosperity; where we failed to look beyond the next payment, the next quarter, or the next election. A surplus became an excuse to transfer wealth to the wealthy instead of an opportunity to invest in our future. Regulations were gutted […]
The LTTE remains a proscribed organisation in India and has done much damage to the Tamil community. – India’s External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee in Parliament on Wednesday
Many summers ago, we read A Doll’s House (by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen). Although we can’t remember the details of the play now except for Nora, for some reason Ibsen has lingered on in the dark recesses of our mind. Maybe, because Nora was a bold, unconventional woman for her time. A short while ago, […]
If any man deserves to be called a man of letters, it’s Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield. This 17th century patron of literature owes much of his posthumous reputation to the series of letters he wrote to his illegitimate son in which he bestowed worldly wisdom as he saw it. Here’s an excerpt from one […]
Danny saw a good dramatic story on Mumbai. He came and shot that story. As far as the filth goes, we’re a dead and dying society, and the sooner we face up to it the better our chances of redeeming ourselves. – Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan on Slumdog Millionaire (Source: IndiaFM)
 Let us not wallow in the valley of despair.I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live […]