While I was 45, I had my first heart attack. It was a mild one and didn’t have permanent damage. The cardiologist put in three stints,...

Only once did I have to pay a hefty $50 fine for forgetting to pay off a credit card. A well-known retail store in America offered a 20%...

John D. Rockefeller, an American businessman, is considered one of the wealthiest people in modern history. He once controlled 90% of the...

Right before the covid-19 outbreak, technology was moving in the direction where people could see and speak to each other through online...

In the contemporary age, we don’t exactly put a value on one’s life, although we figuratively say, “S/he is worth 100 million dollars,”...

The television show Fear Factor capitalizes on people’s fear. The producers will place someone in a dark room if someone fears darkness....

In Tamil, a proverb says that one cannot pass gas (fart) underwater and expect not to be caught. When I worked as a pool cleaner, we...

My mother often said a Tamil proverb: nu-la-lum then va-yaal ke-dum, meaning “even a frog is destroyed by its mouth.” Snakes can’t hear...

While teaching the Book of Revelation to a group of young people, I made an error. Instead of typing “woe,” I had typed “wow!” A young...

My childhood was spent among the visually impaired, i.e., blind people. My mother was the principal of a blind school. All my childhood...

In Back to the Future (1985), Marty McFly, a teenager, accidentally transports himself to 1955 through the time machine his genius...

Anyone who read Spider-Man comics or watched that movie will remember the above remarkable proverb. Stan Lee, the creator of Spider-Man,...

The Zulu tribe greet each other by saying Sawubona, which means “I see you.” That word acknowledges the other person’s existence. In...

From 2000 to 2016, we lived in Ooty, India, a hill station in South India, nearly 2,200 meters or 7,300 feet above sea level. We lived...

We who live in the twenty-first century find war among nations, especially for people to take other’s lands at the expense of innocent...

When our sons were under ten, we took them to a Vietnamese restaurant in Dallas, Texas. The menu had unfamiliar names and somewhat...

Hospitality is a virtue practiced in every culture, although differently. In Nagaland, as soon as a person enters one’s home, the host...

Decades ago, I learned from one of my teachers the principle of praying without formulas. I made an appointment, went to his office, and...

Many food shows have appeared on television in recent decades – from basic cooking to eating and cooking competitions. They starkly...

Fred McFeely Rogers was best known as Mister Rogers to American children for his popular television series, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood....