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Jul 31, 2022

Wisdom and Weighing Scales

“ To be, or not to be: that is the question:” must be one of the most famous lines in the world, known by young and old, encapsulating the nature of dilemma, the weighing of imperfect solutions and consequences. Decision-making falls upon us all at some time or the other…

The Human Condition

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Wisdom and Weighing Scales
Wisdom and Weighing Scales
The Human Condition

6 min read


May 28, 2022

Hunger, Scarcity and Abundance

Why do we tolerate hunger in the world? In a world where we have war, plague, school shootings, more doom and gloom scenarios than we can comprehend, it’s no longer just a preacher on the high street threatening apocalypse, but many an expert and pundit. Food insecurity has raised its…

World Hunger

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Hunger, Scarcity and Abundance
Hunger, Scarcity and Abundance
World Hunger

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Apr 23, 2022

Blood and Murder

A review of The Return of Faraz Ali by Aamina Ahmad, a gripping crime novel, delivering literary excellence. I don’t normally write book reviews, although some of my recent posts certainly belie that assertion. Lol. In my defence I can proudly say, all the books reviewed were written by women…

Crime Fiction

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Blood and Murder
Blood and Murder
Crime Fiction

6 min read


Apr 1, 2022

We, The Barbarians…

Putin may have gone where angels fear to tread and Will Smith may have starred in his own mini-action movie, but violence is as pervasive as oxygen on planet Earth. In a week when Vladimir Putin rained down missiles on Ukrainian cities, a Hollywood star mounted the stage at the…

Ukraine

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We, The Barbarians…
We, The Barbarians…
Ukraine

7 min read


Jan 31, 2022

Beware: Theft-in-Progress

A stealthy coup in the heart of the west. Location: Britain Forget partygate, Sue Gray’s report (not that I demean its seriousness) or the calls for Johnson’s resignation (not that I approve of law-breaking) but none of these events will change the direction of travel for Britain; the co-ordinates have…

Britain

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Beware: Theft-in-Progress
Beware: Theft-in-Progress
Britain

8 min read


Dec 31, 2021

Vaccines and Big Fat Cats

Wolves needed to go after fat cats of the Big Pharma type If there was a God in the sky looking down on the human race, at its wars, enmity, injustice, hunger and homelessness, to name but a few of the torments being ruthlessly propagated on the third rock from…

Vaccines

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Vaccines and Big Fat Cats
Vaccines and Big Fat Cats
Vaccines

8 min read


Oct 31, 2021

Assassination, Partition and Identity

‘Schools don’t teach us about Indian history or Independence,’ complain thousands in the Indian Diaspora. All those keen to learn more about their historical and social inheritance, should immediately get themselves a copy of the recently published book Exhumation, subtitled The Life and Death of Madan Lal Dhingra, and written…

Indian Diaspora

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Assassination, Partition and Identity
Assassination, Partition and Identity
Indian Diaspora

7 min read


Sep 23, 2021

Caste: In the United States of America

Caste: In the United States of America In 1944, as WW11 raged across continents, the school district in Columbus, Ohio, held an essay competition, challenging students to address the question “What to do with Hitler after the War?” A sixteen-year-old African-American girl, thought long and hard about the question. …

Slavery

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Caste: In the United States of America
Caste: In the United States of America
Slavery

7 min read


May 12, 2021

Parasite Politics and Everyday Dreams

‘We are such stuff as dreams are made on,’ but what happens when the parasites use people’s dreams against them? ‘ We are such stuff as dreams are made on.’ ( The Tempest. Act 4. Scene 1). Shakespeare could never have known how this line would transmute into the throbbing…

Politics

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Parasite Politics and Everyday Dreams
Parasite Politics and Everyday Dreams
Politics

5 min read


Apr 5, 2021

Kill The Bills

The nature of events in the world are so extreme and unbalanced, it feels as if we’ve reached a civilisational crisis ‘Kill the Bill,’ shout the protestors in English cities. ‘Death to the farm laws,’ cry Indian farmers, in their protest camps. ‘New Jim Crow laws,’ denounces the President of…

Kill The Bill

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Kill The Bills
Kill The Bills
Kill The Bill

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ravinder randhawa

ravinder randhawa

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Author and blogger www.ravinderrandhawa.com. Love books, coffee, chai; intrigued by the idea of being human.

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