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Jan.18.2011
The Times of India in The Speaking Tree
By Oswald Pereira
Why should I love my neighbour like I love myself? The answer is simple: Because it's the most sensible thing to do. Loving your neighbour is the first and best choice among the three choices you have with regard to that person next door. The first choice is love. The second is hate and the third is indifference.
Let's examine each...
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Dec.27.2010
The Times of India in The Speaking Tree
By Oswald Pereira
When we were children, we were told that God is present everywhere. So, as a kid I saw God’s hand in nature and everything small and beautiful. My favourite God-creation was a butterfly. I used to creep up towards a butterfly and gently holding it marvel at its colours and beauty. When I released it, it would flutter its wings and return to rest...
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Nov.29.2010
The Times of India
Oswald Pereira
What has peace got to do with happiness? The connection is like that between life and living. For, peace makes life worth living, and paves the way to happiness. Peace and happiness are linked so inextricably that there's no happiness without peace.
What comes first: peace or happiness? Could you be at peace if you're not happy? The answer to...
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Oct.25.2010
The Times of India
Oswald Pereira
All faiths worldwide recommend it. There's universal agreement among religious leaders about its benefits. Every avatar of the Supreme Being and all His prophets have preached it. It's a prayer often recited by devotees in places of worship. And non-believers, too, are convinced of its great value. Doctors tell patients about its health benefits....
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Oct.25.2010
The Times of India
Oswald Pereira
All faiths worldwide recommend it. There's universal agreement among religious leaders about its benefits. Every avatar of the Supreme Being and all His prophets have preached it. It's a prayer often recited by devotees in places of worship. And non-believers, too, are convinced of its great value. Doctors tell patients about its health benefits....
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Jul.17.2009
HARDNEWS
The Indian brand of racism is as colour-based as the West
Oswald Pereira Delhi
What is worse? Is it racism or casteism? Both are equally malevolent social evils, I would say. India has the double, dubious distinction of being home to both evils. If you add communalism, regionalism, extremism, jingoism and other isms that are present, then what we have here in...
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May.23.2009
HARDNEWS
There is nothing in black and white when it comes to conversion
Oswald Pereira Delhi
The concerted attacks against Christians in Orissa and sporadic incidents of violence against the minority community in other parts of the country ought to be condemned by all civilised Indians. The assaults against Christians are tantamount to violation of the Indian...
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About Oswald
My novel, The Newsroom Mafia, was released in Mumbai on December 8, 2011 by Grey Oak Westland. It's the first Indian novel, to describe in graphic detail, the unholy alliance between the fourth estate, the mafia and the government.
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Causes Oswald Pereira Supports
Equality of Women, Economic Equality
Oswald’s Favorite Books
Great Expectations, Pickwick Papers, Pride and Prejudice, Far From the Madding Crowd, Malgudi Days, The Firm, Train to Pakistan, Midnight's Children, Life of...
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