Brendan Dabhi

LATEST ARTICLES ( 183 )

• Religion as a Brand

  It was at a recent summit which I attended that I had a speaker mentioning that religion was rather like a ‘brand’ of the company God Ltd. Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Forced Colours

  

  The pan-Indian festival of Holi is upon us. On this day, people play with colours, water and whatever colouring agents they can lay their hands on. Others... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Rise of the Machines

  

  [People say that the answer to whether or not we are alone in the universe is the scariest, I beg to differ. I think that the answer to another question is... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• On Retribution…

  

  I've always believed what goes around, comes around. You do good and good will come back. You do bad, that will surely come back. You do nothing; you’re dead... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Real and Wannabe Teacher…

  There are good teachers and there are bad teachers. There are funny teachers and there are serious teachers. There are engaging teachers and there are simply... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Remnants of a War

  These days there has been a huge influx of news relating to the Second World War and its repercussions. Thinking about them and what they mean have drawn me to... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Behind the Throne

  [There is power and there are leaders. But there are also those who always remain in the shadows. Those confidants who directly or indirectly really rule under... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Just for You, My Friend.

  

  When one engages in classroom politics, one should be very careful in choosing one’s friends and supporters. Well, once you have persuasive friends, support is... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Teaching OR Preaching?

  [Missionary schools, of a number of religions operate in India with a view to bringing up the children of their particular religion with a religious learning... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• World Cup Woes

  [Football is to Brazil what cricket is to India; an obsession, almost a religion.The opening ceremony is slated to take place on the 12th of June, 2014 and it... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• In Defence of Cops

  Many of us have had our brush with the keepers of the law. Some for the wrong reasons more than the right. However, I feel that there is an inherent sense of... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Join the Indian Air Force and Die… by Accident!

  [To be a fighter pilot for the Indian Air Force has probably been the childhood dream of every man reading this article, I know it was mine. Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• These People Are Our Own!

  India, the land of diverse cultures and the seat of multiculturalism in the world has a large number of different people residing within its borders. Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Parasitic Language

  

  Quite an unusual title to a post, right? ‘The Parasitic Language.’ I’m sure that a majority of you reading this post right now came here hoping that this was a... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Art of Professional Begging

  Though I have nothing but empathy and a few tears for the poor, I can’t help but be intrigued by the recent trends in begging that have quite changed since I... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Who the Hell is THAT?

  

  In the modern world, with the ideas of a ‘global village’ and ‘the world is a family’ scheme of things, we make many friends. Some instantaneous, some in... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2014 SELF EXPRESSION, SOCIAL MEDIA

• Arnie and the Artist

  Yesterday evening turned out to be a most distasteful one among many that I've had watching the Newshour. Arnie was interviewing Vishvas and the same was... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Suffocated Youth

  [To do or not to do, to see or not to see, to hear or not to hear and to speak or not to speak; these are the questions that arise in the minds of the youth whe... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Ukrainian Dilemma

  Ukraine, a former state of the Soviet Union is on the verge of taking a big step that either holds the key to its rapid development or stagnant rust in the year... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Power of Division in Religion (Guest Post)

  [The communal riots in the Central African Republic (C.A.R.) are not recent news. Muslims and Christians had been living in a state of unrest since its... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2014 SELF EXPRESSION