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Understanding the Script behind ‘Ghar Mein Ghuske Marenge’
‘Ghar mein ghuske marenge’ is the new ‘script’ that a number of Indians are saying loud and clear, replacing an old script that seems to have been in place for most of the time in its history. The new script…
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My Journey from Being a Psychologist to a Writer
It was little more than six years ago that my book, “The Infidel Next Door”, was published. After over five years of writing, it aimed to portray the story of displaced people who were forced out of their homeland and…
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Another Beautiful Temple for Ram
It was while in a small Hindu refugee colony near Jodhpur that I understood how building of Ram Mandir has impacted Hindu refugees who have run away from Pakistan being persecuted because of their faith. The refugee…
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The Bheel Mother Who Wanted Her Child to be Born in Bharat – An Ode to Freedom
“I wanted my child to be born in India,” she said caressing her child. “How old is she?” I asked, “and when did you come to Bharat?” “She is only a week old, and we came a month ago.” “You made this journey full of…
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Why Gratitude Can Be A Burden And What Happens To The People Who Bear It
There is a saying that you are never a prophet in your own country. A prophet by whom I mean a visionary leader who leads his people on a chosen path, to a chosen future which they can’t see in the present, which lies…
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A Hope Never Seen Before in Our People
Last month in December I was visited by a psychologist, a friend of many years. An observer of human behavior, particularly mass behavior, he is also an erudite scholar on religion. After spending a week with us, he…
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A Psychologist Remembers The Stigma He Witnessed In His Career
“You have worked with the mentally ill and the marginalized for many years. Surely you have had many experiences where you personally witnessed stigma faced by them.” These words of my friend, a psychiatrist jolted me.…
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Why is Chandrayan an Issue About Race
One of my friends in northern Europe, a white psychologist who was watching the news of the landing of the Chandrayan in a restaurant overheard a couple of people at the next table saying, “Oh! But they are so dark.…
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A Time for Introspection
“I feel so ashamed of what has happened in Manipur. I feel devalued as a human being thinking over what the men did to the girls.” One of my students said to me. “In fact my father said we all should die of shame.” Her…
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A Visit to the Four Museums in Red Fort
After covering the last museum in Red Fort meant for the revolutionaries of India, I sat down for a cup of tea when my attention was drawn to a young boy in his teens talking to his father. “Papa, what did Gandhi ji and…