“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 …
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …