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Oswald's Latest Blogs

Sep.17.2009 - 8:53 am
One of my students from the Times of India School of Journalism, travelling by auto rickshaw was robbed of her hand bag by two motorbike-borne thugs on the crowded Dhaula Kuan...
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Jul.08.2009 - 11:32 am
Though my name is Oswald Pereira, I am often called Mr Singh. That’s because my wife Reena Singh has retained her maiden name and people who know her and don’t know me, assume...
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Jun.24.2009 - 5:41 am
This is a story on the dark age of forced conversions. It shows how nebulous the lines between religion and carnage can be. When the joint forces of Portugal’s ‘Grocer’ King John...
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Jun.15.2009 - 8:57 am
Oh! How I wish I could get back my old, mechanical Remington Rand typewriter. I miss its musical clang as its majestic carriage responded to my strokes on those seductive keys...
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Comments from Oswald

Feb.10.2011 - 8:12 pm
In response to: Thanking Redroom.
Congrats Jitu. I'm sure it's exciting to see your name in print. Proud of you. Wish you greater heights of success in...
Dec.13.2010 - 11:39 pm
In response to: Flowers from the road.
Jitu, you're a lucky person to have such a caring wife. Her picking up the flowers and nurturing them in your home was...
Mar.02.2010 - 3:23 am
In response to: Making Love Out of Nothing At All
JoElle, I agree with you that Romeo and Juliet is an "Obsession story." But it's also a story of suppression that keeps...
Dec.22.2009 - 8:47 am
In response to: Growing up has nothing to do with age
JoElle, thanks for sharing your thoughts with us. Fairies seem to be all around us. Life is really full of fairies......
Oct.27.2009 - 11:37 pm
In response to: On my birthday
Can I have one last glimpse of that smile, while I pass into oblivion? Never refuse the request of a dying man!

Published Reviews

Aug.09.2009
Published by The Sunday Indian
The Sunday Indian ( See Page 57) Journalist Oswald Pereira’s debut novel "Beyond the Newsroom" had made waves in journalistic, police and government circles. The book was...