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‘..DNA of all Indians are same, irrespective of religion..’ RSS Chief, Mohan Bhagat.
How easy it is for us to voice words such as, ‘All Indians are my brothers and sisters!’ and then quietly turn away from some person worshiping in a way different from us!
But when a national leader, held in great reverence by a majority of the country, speaks his mind clearly and loudly and says, “We are all from the same DNA!” it makes an impact!
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My daughter’s dog Noah has been left at my home for a few hours as she and my son-in-law have gone out for lunch. I watch him as he paces all over my home, looks through the window anxiously and watching him, I know his thoughts, “Will they come back for me?”
He’s still a pup, and soon will learn that they will always come back for him, but till that day arrives, he will remain a ‘worrier’!
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‘Supreme Court: Kin of Covid victims entitled to compensation’ Indian Express
“Why should we take responsibility for an act of god?” ask bewildered leaders.
In insurance parlance, Covid-19 is called an ‘act of god’ and payments are dealt with accordingly, but what measures were taken to protect citizens, how quickly and how effectively done, become ‘acts of man’ the Supreme Court seems to be telling the government.
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Five friends! Two, I left at airport gate and watched as they walked to meet their plane, stopping once to give a final wave. Three left with no wave, they could not move their hands, as two went into crematorium fire and one, lowered to earth below.
When we are called to part, it gives us immense pain, doesn’t it?
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New Zealand cemeteries are very different from the rest of the world. Elsewhere graves lie serene and somber, but in New Zealand, especially those graves of the Islanders, are curiously explicit. As I walked through a graveyard in Auckland, I saw one with a miniature fire truck, another with a helmet, all explaining to the passerby what the person had done throughout his life. And then I froze. I saw one that got me puzzled. It was a plain grave, no fire trucks or racing cars, but what made me stop was that it had no dates engraved on it.