Speed is life for those born Type-A. They walk fast, eat fast, often think faster than they speak, and pretty much do everything fast. Comes with it is impatience, wanting to do things quick and now. Speed thus becomes a way of life, expanding into a deep sense of liking for performance driving, surfing, the … Continue reading The beauty of being slow

Martha is the mother, and Marta is her daughter. Marta Isabel in fact. They have become two very important people in my life. Rather unexpectedly. They speak Spanish and I speak a native southern Indian language called ‘Malayalam’. Marta the daughter can speak some English. So, we sort of ‘communicate’. Not knowing Spanish and with … Continue reading Martha & Marta

This weekend America woke up grieving the mass murder of nine people at a black church in Charleston, South Carolina (SC). They had gathered for a Bible study. Police arrested a white, boyish-looking, 22 year old male suspect. Newspapers carried reports of a gruesome hate-crime reflecting the racial fault-lines of United States. The suspect used … Continue reading a mirror on race..

It is Easter today. The Resurrection Sunday. The resurrection of God, His message and the truth that ultimately truth alone triumphs. Then for centuries since AD 30, mankind to remember, observe and live Him as a way of life. The message of love, tolerance and forgiveness when observed and lived truly and deeply, life in … Continue reading Easter, a prayer for peace

“Are you from Eritrea?”, I asked the cab driver who picked me up from Union Station. I had arrived in Washington DC a few minutes ago by an Amtrak train from New York City. Mine was a wild guess. If you happened to have an African American cab driver in DC, Manhattan or Seattle, if … Continue reading “Injera” & “Appam”