Gerald D'Cunha

E very day, as I step out of my house, I try to remind myself that the world outside is an amazing place to be… and, people out there are trustworthy. Now, I have to do this, because, just as I step out of my house, millions of my fellow beings, too, do. Imagine, if the thought process of the vast majority is this: “The world outside is a dangerous place to be… and people out there are not trustworthy!” Life would have been a disaster! But, the fact that Life hasn’t been a disaster yet – and it is not going to be – is enough to reinforce in us the truth that, in Life, the good incredibly outweighs the bad! They say, our attitude begets attitude. How true! T his morning, as I was coming out of our Society gate, I met Mr. Rao, a senior member of our society and a dear friend of mine. “Good morning sir… How are you? All is fine?” I said with exuberance.  “Oh yes, yes… All is fine,” Mr. Rao replied, “My grandchildren will be coming today.” There was ...

M any of us here, in Mumbai, got up from our sleep around 3 last night. For a very long time, we had never seen the kind of lightening we saw last night… It was incessant, blinding… Nor had we heard the kind of thunder we were pounded with, last night… It was deafening. It was pouring furiously… even the wind was merciless. I don’t remember getting up and checking my windows like this for a long, long time… My wife was fast asleep… I pulled the curtains and prayed in my heart, “God, have mercy on us!” Some thirty minutes or so later, the turmoil came to an end… We all went off to sleep. In the morning, when I described the incident to my wife, she was pleasantly surprised! When Nature turns violent – like in Florida (Hurricane Irma), Corpus Christi (Hurricane Harvey) or in St. Martin Islands… man knows what a futile act his blame-game can be… Who will he complain to? Who will he accuse or sue? Who will he turn for help to? However grave and sinist...