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Light a Diwali diya, Obama!

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Venky

(This column was published in DNA edition dated November 6, 2010, the day US President Barack Obama arrived in Mumbai at the start of a three-day official tour of India.) Venky Vembu Dear President Obama By now, you would have … Continue reading →

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The Circle of Life at Doon School

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Venky

Venky Vembu {UPDATE on November 1, 2010: I gather from a comment that I received elsewhere that some Doon School alumni believe that this post is intended to “to prove (that) one bad apple… has emerged” from Doon School. That … Continue reading →

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Doon School at 75: elite and proud of it!

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Venky

(This is a longer version of an interview with Doon School Headmaster Dr Peter McLaughlin; the shorter version was published in DNA edition dated June 5, 2010. I am posting the full-text version in the context of the School’s upcoming … Continue reading →

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After a kangaroo burger (burp!), I’m feeling quite hoppy!

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Venky

Venky Vembu When Brett, my Aussie acquaintance in Hong Kong, learnt I was travelling to Australia, he gave me a mission to accomplish: to have a ‘kangaroo burger’ on his behalf!  Since in any case I’m partial to exotic epicurean … Continue reading →

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Hare Krishna in a Chinese classroom!

Posted on April 22, 2008 by Venky

(This feature article, about an Oxford theologian who teaches Indian religious studies at a Hong Kong university and is a practising member of the Hare Krishna movement, was published in DNA edition dated April 22. 2008.) Venky Vembu By day, … Continue reading →

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Guess who came for langar…

Posted on March 3, 2008 by Venky

(This article, about the visit to a gurdwara – a Sikh place of worship –  in Hong Kong by Chinese students at a Hong Kong university as part of a programme on social inclusion, was published in DNA edition dated March … Continue reading →

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