Autonomy for Kashmir is the language of the Constitution, not of Kashmiri "terrorists" or Pakistan. In truth, Pakistan would vehemently oppose an autonomous Kashmir as a part of India just as Xingjian province, Hong Kong and Macau are autonomous regions under China. China honored its covenants;  governments of India - whether Congress or BJP or … Continue reading Mr. Modi, stop lying.

Samuel This story should begin with Samuel, the Prophet and the Judge, born to Hannah, a long-time barren woman. He was born not because his father made love (which he used to do oftener than he did his to his other wife, but without results), but because God remembered Hannah. So when the boy was … Continue reading A JEALOUS GOD AND HIS HEROES

  As I recall my most vivid image of her, Grandmother must have been around seventy-five. She was bent like an inverted L, wrinkled and light-skinned with deep crow feet on her cheeks under fading grey-green eyes – yet  sprightly and active, humorous and generous to a fault. No beggar was sent away without a … Continue reading The Ghost Who Sighed