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Tag: "Malayalee"

Return of the Non Resident Indian

Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes (446 BCE) once said “A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers”.  Recently I have been thinking about my homeland a lot.  I am not alone.  Millions of Indians including many of my friends are seriously considering winding up whatever they are doing and heading back to India.  This is a tough [...]

Arundhati Roy: The God of Controversial Things

Arundhati Roy is a person many Indians love to hate.  She is a woman who is not afraid to take on the system.  She is idealistic and has no problems expressing her opinions publicly even on some explosive subjects.  Most of her views are socialistic and left leaning (the fact that her mother is a [...]

Saint Thomas the Apostle of India

Saint Thomas is one of the twelve apostles of Jesus.  He is also known as “doubting Thomas” as he did not initially believe in the resurrection of Jesus.  According to Christian mythology he is supposed to have visited India in 52 AD.  Catholic tradition also states that he was killed by a Brahmin and buried [...]

Spring Equinox & Its Relationship with Vishu, Passover, Easter

Saturday was the spring equinox and the official start of spring in the United States. Spring equinox is when the day and night are equal in the northern hemisphere. It was a beautiful day. There was no cloud in the sky and the temperature reached as high as 73 degree Fahrenheit. I am glad the [...]

Is Shiv Sena a Threat to India?

In an editorial on Saamana (Shiv Sena party mouthpiece) Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray has mentioned that “fundamentalist Muslims are the biggest threat to the country and that we need to fight against it”.  He added that “Except some like Salim Khan, Javed Akhtar, Mukhtar Abbas and Farooq Abdullah, the rest are trying to destroy [...]

High Literacy Rate in Kerala Not Because of Catholic Church

Every once in a while you read something that just blows your mind away.  A few days ago I read an article that basically indicated that the high literacy in Kerala is because of the Catholic Church.  According to the Malayalee Catholic Fellowship (MACAF), this comment was made by well known historian Dr. M.G.S. Narayanan [...]