Archive for July, 2009

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Update on the Blog

With the encouragement of friends, I started this blog in May of 2007 with a view to putting up a blog item every week on matters that I believe might be of interest to those who check the blog. There are now more than 100 items on the blog.

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Sunday, July 26th, 2009

The Dark Side of Brighton

My grandson and I went to Brighton, 75 kilometres south from London, a holiday town on Britain’s south coast, famous for clubbing, partying, barbecues on the beach, recently for a couple of days arriving at Brighton railway station around 22.30 on a Friday.

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Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

10 Novels

Dharma friends sometimes ask me whether I read novels and are there any novels that I would recommend. I do read novels. Here is a reply I sent recently in response to one request for good books. There is a wealth of fine literature. Mercifully, internet can encourage good reading rather than distract from it.

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Friday, July 10th, 2009

In the spirit of Gandhi

It takes courage and a quiet determination to follow in the Gandhian footsteps of starting a long fast to give support to a very worthwhile cause.
Tim Martin is one such person. Director of the human rights group, Act Now, Tim undertook a fast in May in London to put pressure on the Sri Lankan government [...]

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