You probably think, when you read this column, this chap (me, that is) has an easy job. See some TV, write about it — how tough is that? News TV doesn’t exactly flood one with complex observations and nuanced thoughts, after all. Allow me to differ. This is a very tough job.
Take, for example, this week when the Deoband meeting was big news. I had to do the following: on November 3, watch a chat on the Deoband news on NTDV’s India 60 Minutes Verdict; on November 4, watch a chat on Deoband news on NDTV’s Buck Stops Here; and as I write this on Friday, November 6, I know there’s a chat on Deoband news on NDTV’s Left, Right and Centre, which I shall, of course, have to watch, if only for the sake of fairness.

You understand? This is not easy. More so, because the same guests appear on the same channel’s different programmes on the same subject. I had to watch Sachin Pilot and Mahmood Madani on NDTV’s 60 Minutes as well as on Buck Stops Here. I wish I could say that Pilot and Madani and indeed the chats on the two programmes were delightfully different, each giving me a distinct viewing experience. Yes, I should single out Mushirul Hasan’s robust, sharp and necessary critique of political appearances in any faith-based gathering — never mind what the faith is — on Buck Stops Here. No one else seemed to remember to make this point. But that alone couldn’t cut it. So, I have to say, by the end of this week if I hear “inter-faith dialogue” or “Hindu-Muslim unity”, or “Vande Mataram” on NDTV again, I may scream. Why would NDTV want an utterly secular, peaceful chap like me to feel like that?
                                                 
                         Peace Animation

                                 Sweet and True Poem


As the world goes spinning round
There isn't any organisation any more

Is nothing everlasting, must we live for just today

Can no-one find the answer, to help in any way

It's just a mixture of joy and sorrow
Of laughter, and of tears

Do we just dream about tomorrow

And about the future years

But the world would be a better place to live in

If everybody just made up their minds
Then we could all live in peace and harmony again
Yes we should all live in peace, and harmony again

Why can't we all live in peace, and harmony again

We should all live in peace, and harmony 

And enerything seems upside down

   Slogans for Peace and Harmony



When I see Spirit in Everything, Peace is at hand.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Let me bring peace into moments of chaos.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Peace begins with me.
- Anonymous

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson 

Peace is its own reward.
- Gandhi

As we light a path for others, we naturally light our own way.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

When the vast cathedral of our being becomes a sanctuary for all creation, we become the face of God.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Feel Unity with Spirit and All Creation
All things share the same breath the
beast, the tree, the man... the air When I see Spirit in Everything, Peace is at hand.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Let me bring peace into moments of chaos.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Peace begins with me.
- Anonymous

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. When I see Spirit in Everything, Peace is at hand.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Let me bring peace into moments of chaos.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Peace begins with me.
- Anonymous

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson 

Peace is its own reward.
- Gandhi

As we light a path for others, we naturally light our own way.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

When the vast cathedral of our being becomes a sanctuary for all creation, we become the face of God.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie