Hindustan Times
Come, dear sisters and brothers
Let’s rejoice on this anniversary
And celebrate our perversions Read more
(7 votes, average: 3.71 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at 7:04 pm
Filed under India, World, religion · Tagged 26/11, 911, Americans, Benghazi, Bombay, Christians, Cutting the Edge, freedom fighters, Gautam Chikermane, Hindus, hindustan times, Indians, Indonesians, Muslims, news
As Christians commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ that has become a symbol of mercy and compassion, I offer my silence today. Read more
(6 votes, average: 4.17 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Thursday, April 21, 2011 at 9:09 pm
Filed under religion · Tagged Christians, Good Friday, Gospel, Greek, Hebrew, Holy Bible, Jesus Christ, Jews, Latin, New Testament, Paulo Coehlo, St Luke
Last week, when my friend dropped in for dinner, I was surprised to see him not eating chicken. Read more
(3 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at 7:52 pm
Filed under religion · Tagged Abraham, Allah, chicken, Christians, Easter, Eid, Fasting, Good Friday, Hinduism, Lent, Muslims, prayer, religion, Sacrifice
Between the latest clash of civilisations, lie 22 bodies of people who had nothing to with it. Read more
(9 votes, average: 4.56 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Monday, April 4, 2011 at 7:56 pm
Filed under religion · Tagged Afghanistan, Afghanistan President, Christians, Florida, Gainesville, Hamid Karzai, Hillary Clinton, hindustan times, Islamist fundamentalist, news, non-Muslims, quran, religious text, Taliban hoodlums, Terry Jones
No sooner than the driver realised he had taken a wrong turn, he stopped. Lying before us, next to the Chirag Delhi flyover, were two puppies on the road. Read more
(3 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Sunday, February 27, 2011 at 8:51 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Chirag Delhi, Christians, Delhi, dogs, Hinduism, hindustan times, news, Outer Ring Road, planetary gluttony
If Indonesia’s deputy house speaker Priyo Budi Santoso words are to be taken to their logical conclusion, we might have another religion in the offing. Read more
(8 votes, average: 4.5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Hindustan Times on Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 7:45 pm
Filed under religion · Tagged Abraham, Ahmadiyya Muslims, Ahmadiyyas, Ahmaiyyas, Buddha, Buddhists, Catholics, Christians, Confucius, Digambars, Guru Nanak, Hindus, Indonesia, Islam, Jains, Jesus, Krishna, Lao Tzu, Mahayanas, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Moses, Muhammad, Muslims, Nazareth, Pakistan, Priyo Budi Santoso, Prophet of Islam, Protestants, Qadian, Shaivites, Shiyas, Shwetambars, Sunnis, Vaishnavites, Vajrayanas, Zoroaster
There is an invisible pride Indians feel on the Republic Day and yesterday’s was no different. Read more
(7 votes, average: 3 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at 7:40 pm
Filed under religion · Tagged Christianity, Christians, Christmas, democracy, diwali, Eid, extremist, fundamentalist, Hindus, Independence Day, Islam, Maoist, Mumbai, Muslims, Republic, Republic Day, Sikhism, stockmarkets, Vande Mataram
After the regime change in Tunisia and simmerings in Algeria, Jordan and Egypt, it is now the turn of the dictators of Yemen to face the people’s fury, as thousands of Yemeni activists, students and opposition groups held protests at the capital Sanaa, demanding the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Read more
(3 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Sunday, January 23, 2011 at 6:55 pm
Filed under religion · Tagged Ali Abdullah Saleh, Aljazeera, Christians, Freedom, Hindus, hindustan times, Islamic nations, news, public expression, Sikhs, Yemen
I sat there silently, as my nephew and his father finished their Namaaz. The atmosphere was sacred. The sincerity of nephew in exploring the great beyond with his father was touching — I shed a silent tear. Read more
(9 votes, average: 4.56 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Sunday, August 15, 2010 at 10:56 pm
Filed under religion · Tagged Christians, couples, death anniversaries, diwali, Eid, fast-paced, hindustan times, Holi, illiteracy, Kar Seva, Namaaz, news, Ramzan, religion-less life, self-generated delusion
On my shopping list for tomorrow: a skull cap.
Although it will be the rebel in me who will buy — and don — the cap, this action has been forced upon me by an unthinking society whose nerves have been battered by a media barrage that has, in one quick and constantly-amplifying stroke of 911, labelled all Muslims as terrorists. Read more
(12 votes, average: 3.33 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Sunday, May 16, 2010 at 8:20 pm
Filed under religion · Tagged 911, Christians, emirates flight, Hindu, Islamic cleric Nurul Huda, khalsa, Muslims, skull cap, terrorists
