A Child ….. No More

The little child stood clinging on to the hand of his father as he tried to look through the crowd of people standing in the front of them. They were all listening to some person, whom he didnt know, standing on a makeshift stage, giving a speech about some other person, whom he also didnt…

The Difference Between Religion and Culture…

On one of our first days in the lesser famous city of Bandung, Indonesia, we hired a car to take us around the place.   The driver named Md. Alam spoke passable English and we managed to have a decent conversation as he drove us around the city showing us various historical sights there.  …

The Dark Room

The Stranger stood there, leaning against the tree as he watched a man standing by the door of a small house. He was surrounded by around 50 young guys listening to whatever it was that he was saying. The man must have been in his 60s, at the most. He made a rather impressive figure,…

Stop Falling For the Narrative of Hate …. Nurture Love instead !!!

I watched the movie “Patriots Day” last night.   The movie is about the Boston Marathon Bombing, a terrorist attack which shook the entire US.   The movie is a very factual depiction of the events that transpired, though there are certain cinematic liberties which might have been taken.   While the movie follows the…

The Politics of Hate …

There is a definite change of events on Social Media. I dont know about others, but I am seeing an obnoxious, if not a completely abusive face of the Congress supporters. Have those Congress supporters, who showed restraint and class in their debates before, lost it?? Or did they never have it, in the first…

For a Moment there I thought I was a Muslim ….

I was lying there prone on the street and I had no clue how I got there. All I could figure out was that the road wasnt such a great place to be sitting on. I was being surrounded by a crowd of people of all shapes and sizes, menacing and yet faceless. They were…

The Circle of Bhakts

Bhakts: I hate Muslims, they are the terrorists of the World !!! Did you see what that Muslim guy did at the Orlando Gay bar?? LGBT People: So does that mean you care about the LGBT people? Bhakt: Are you crazy?? Gays are sick and abnormal . And these Transgenders !! They just want to…

Just Another Day………..

The young girl looked at her legs which RaamSamujh seemed to be eyeing and pulled down her short skirt a bit in a feeble attempt to cover them up.