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Weekend Musings

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14/Nov/2020

The drama and uncertainty that followed the recent U.S. Presidency elections could easily have been avoided if only the American voters had the foresight to choose Hillary instead of Trump in the last elections - in other words, perseverance over personality.


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02/Oct/2020

It was on my second visit to the ‘City of Love’ that I came across her. Since my previous visit 15 years ago the city had changed; brooding and less welcoming, but then I had too and had no reason to complain.   


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13/Jun/2020

As we see increasing numbers of health-care professionals in the country testing positive for the Coronavirus, the sentiment of some of those on the frontline - the so-called 'COVID warriors' - is more a feeling of lambs being led to the slaughter; not much unlike the foot-soldiers of the past during a war.


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29/May/2020

Bajpe Airport, December 1984 It’s late in the afternoon.  After waiting for over an hour we finally see a plane landing. Dressed in trademark white kurta-pyjama we watch him alight, smile, and greet those who have come to receive him at the airport tarmac.


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