Tuesday Column

Tuesday Column

The vexed question of the Almajiri

Almajiri – I doubt it if there is any vexed issue that has remained with us, particularly in the north-most states of the country, for as long a

Paul Clough – Exit of a great teacher

I was foraging in the cyberspace, as is the habit nowadays, when I stumbled on the news of the death of Paul Clough who had taught my set of 1972/73 i

More recollections on independence day

A nation’s Independence Day is an important milestone, a juncture where one could have a stopover to pause and muse on the joys and tribulations the n

We are brothers in Africa

I come here today not as a politician, but as an elder. There is a terrible quarrel in our nation with foreign nationals who are living amongst us. Li

Engaging the mob in South Africa

It is disheartening watching the videos of the heinous acts of the mobs in South Africa splashed over the social media platform, last week. It is not