I’ll start by saying that my view (as stated below) is not that of an expert and I would love to be proved wrong by scientists finding a cure for COVID19. But here are the facts relating to the virus as best I understand them. COVID19 is a sort of flu and is a viral […]
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My 2 cents on the Coronavirus
Here are my 2 cents on the Corona virus. I am not sure how much you will like what I have written but it is likely to be a different perspective from what you will find elsewhere. I’ll start with a WhatsApp conversation with my niece a couple of days ago. The link is to […]
Learn to Think like Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes is definitely one of the most admired and loved characters in all literature. The short and long stories featuring him are classics and deservedly so. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote these stories while he was waiting for patients for his medical practice. But people world over still think that he was a real […]
The defects of Islam
The content of this article was sourced from 2 videos that I watched on YouTube. The links to these videos are below. I would urge you to watch both videos if you have the time and the interest. I have also linked to these videos in my previous article which you may have already read. […]
What makes Islam formidable
One of my cousins has strong views about Islam and the Kashmir dispute. He disagreed with the tone of my 3 articles on Kashmir and sent me 2 links to YouTube videos. These videos contained debates featuring Ayaan Hirsi Ali who is a learned Lady with first-hand experience of Islam and its drawbacks. She had […]
Some final comments on the Kashmir dispute
This is my final article on the Kashmir dispute. Links to my previous two articles are given below: In this article I would like to answer to the points made by my uncle who had objected to many of my suggestions. To read my uncle’s comments please visit the second of the two links above. […]
Another Viewpoint on Kashmir
In response to my article on Kashmir my uncle mailed me some comments. It shows that there is more than one point of view to every issue. Here is the link to my previous article about the Kashmir dispute: The following are my uncle’s comments: You have clearly thought deeply about the issue. I agree […]
A Long Term Solution to the Kashmir dispute
I would like to state at the outset that I would strongly prefer the Kashmir issue to be decided by a referendum held there which gives the people of Kashmir the option whether to stay in India or Pakistan or even become an independent state of their own. Given the fact that this is clearly […]
All that is wrong with the Citizenship Amendment Act
The Citizenship Amendment Act has generated a lot of controversy and turmoil. I do not know much about politics but there are some points that I think can be made. In no particular order of importance these points are: Firstly, the CAA may be motivated by noble intentions but obviously there is a perception and […]
Stop reading Newspapers
I read this piece of advice in not one but two books – one of which is a classic on self-help and the other which might possibly come to be regarded as a classic in time to come. Let me start with recounting the advice of the second book. The book is The Art of […]