Monthly Archives: November 2015

“Christmas comes again”

“Christmas comes again”—so begins one of my favourite songs of this festive season, perhaps the most convivial of times reserved for celebration, for gathering together in high-minded good will and good cheer. Yet, there are some who are perturbed by … Continue reading

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on Things Foreign–A Divertimento

There is this lesson given in the Chandogya Upanishad, a sacred text of Hinduism. “Just as a bird, tied to a string will fly around in all directions, and finding no resting place anywhere else, will resort to the very … Continue reading

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