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'Kaun hai tu?'
27 March 2022 8:03 PM ISTThe above header is a classic Indian rebuke, one that is intrinsic to Indians and oft inflames guttural sensibilities. It is hurtful, sure, yet it...
Talking Shop: When shadows chase
21 March 2022 1:13 AM ISTThe world has always been an evil place, with the cockamamie devil playing a game of hide-and-seek with us humans. Sadly, history is again repeating...
Talking Shop: Withering Heights
13 March 2022 8:01 PM ISTThis is mock-literature and I shall explain. I will also mention ‘Much Ado About Nothing’, a classic write-up from literary history. For today, we...
Battle won. War lost
6 March 2022 8:05 PM ISTThe Russia-Ukraine fight is yet another example of ruling madness going awry. History shows us that over-reaching trajectories always have a parabolic...
Talking Shop: We need saviors
27 Feb 2022 7:22 PM ISTLet’s talk happy things, for a change. As I found in my cats, who are all meow. And my dogs, who are bhow. Yes, they are back. But what about my...
Questionable déguisement
21 Feb 2022 1:17 AM ISTThe woeful and sordid rhetoric that we are being subjected to by our once tall leaders in India’s five election-laden states reminds me of very dark,...
Talking Shop: Back of my mind
13 Feb 2022 7:55 PM ISTIn the deep recesses hidden well inside me, I now see heart-rending stories of what is happening to people around me. This real problem is getting...
Talking Shop: Country once beautiful
6 Feb 2022 8:34 PM ISTA nation of Pradeep, Rafi, Mukesh and Kishore has turned into a parody of funk, remixes and other things sordid. An era has died. Long live the new...
Talking Shop: It began in 1947
30 Jan 2022 7:14 PM ISTA divide happened in India 75 years back, ending in untold blood- and heart-loss. Today, another divide is being created, with rifts and animosity...
Talking Shop: Two years, and counting
23 Jan 2022 7:20 PM ISTI began writing regular columns exactly two years ago. Sadly, there’s been little to celebrate in this time. What I share today is a glimpse of the...
Talking Shop: I told you so
16 Jan 2022 6:42 PM ISTFor three years, in the month of January, I have been raising the red flag and warning all. But no one listens, not even after so much tumult
Talking Shop: My immaculate dream
9 Jan 2022 7:05 PM ISTWe are thriving. COVID is gone. India's economy is back on track. Gas cylinders are cooking away in rural homes. My Maybach is gleaming