Learning to react
As a great admirer of Sikhism, my spirit was fired by the sturdy heroism of the Gurus. Especially Guru Gobind Singh Saheb's verse in Persian, Chyunkaar az' huma hiltey dargujasht, haal ast burdeney'ba shamshirey dasht.



Heart of the nation
The response of the metropolitan unintelligentsia to the news regarding one more massacre in Bihar is both touching and infuriating.



To conserve water, start with land
The current water shortage in a significant part of India should prompt us to consider where we have gone wrong and what needs to be done to ensure that there is no scarcity of this most basic of all needs.



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