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Pilot ejected, but Gandhis?
The Congress has ejected its Co-Pilot out of the cockpit in Rajasthan. Now everyone is waiting to see if Sachin Pilot lands safely on BJP’s lap or makes a hard landing trying…
18 Jul 2020 · 4 min read
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Quick Gun Justice
Vikas Dubey, the “Kanpur wala” gangster, who killed eight Policemen during a raid and escaped, was caught on a Thursday and shot dead on a Friday. Justice was served ‘Dabangg’ style. Has…
11 Jul 2020 · 5 min read
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Symptoms… Symptoms… more Symptoms
As the lockdown continues in its various forms and formats, and as COVID-19 changes its strains so also its symptoms, it’s turning people into hypochondriacs — worried about every itch, snitch and…
4 Jul 2020 · 4 min read
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FM-in-waiting…forever?
In a recent interview on a TV channel Dr. Subramanian Swamy, economist and BJP Member of Parliament, reiterated his opinion that this Government had no economic policy, does not know what it…
24 May 2020 · 6 min read
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COVID Wedding and After
Life has become austere, especially weddings. COVID-19 has taken us back to 1960s India when Lal Bahadur Shastri chose to impose rationing and limiting guests at events. Just like how today Government…
10 May 2020 · 5 min read
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Alconomics: Hic…Hic…Hurray!
Indian States are addicted to alcohol. If they don’t sell enough of it, they suffer financial withdrawal symptoms. That is why our CM and also the CMs of other States requested the…
3 May 2020 · 5 min read
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Positivity & Filth = Happiness & Health?
A few days ago the Head of Shanghai’s COVID-19 clinical expert team, Zhang Wenhong noticed something about the Indian people after watching a religious gathering on TV where the devotees were not…
26 Apr 2020 · 4 min read
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Covid Symptoms and Humour
As the lockdown continues with the ever-increasing list of symptoms for COVID-19, most of us are sure to second guess and even panic at least once during the lockdown. Initially, we were…
19 Apr 2020 · 4 min read
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Cure is in Nature
Nature creates, nature cures, nature destroys. We better save nature if we want to save ourselves. Because nearly half of all human pharmaceuticals are originally derived from natural sources and we humans…
11 Apr 2020 · 4 min read
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COVID-19 Effects
Lights out, lamps on… and the plan? We have another request from our Prime Minister. First we clapped for 5 minutes at 5 o’ clock, next we have to light lamps for…
4 Apr 2020 · 10 min read
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A testing time for all…
Finally, our Prime Minister spoke. And it was a damp squib. It left us wanting, wanting something more. Ever since the 8 pm address of November 8, 2016, the night of demonetisation,…
21 Mar 2020 · 4 min read
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Namaste and keep distance please !
For the past few weeks having been told not to touch my face I have started behaving like cricketer Krishnamachari Srikkanth — contorting my face, as I am unable to scratch my…
14 Mar 2020 · 4 min read
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Hate in the time of Coronavirus
Coronavirus brings death, but it sure is less macabre than the death brought by rioting mobs of Delhi. Coronavirus kills one with fever, unlike rioters in East Delhi who killed Ankit Sharma…
29 Feb 2020 · 5 min read
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Political Pawns?
On 20th of February at an anti- CAA event in Bengaluru, a 19-year-old Amulya Leona, an under-graduate student, was given the microphone to say a few words against the CAA. And she…
22 Feb 2020 · 5 min read
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Aam-azing!
First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win. These words ring so true for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Many may remember in 2013 the…
16 Feb 2020 · 7 min read
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Misinformation virus (Coronavirus)
As we stepped into the New Year, we were welcomed by a new strain of Coronavirus (CoV). A virus named so because the protein spikes around the virus makes it look like…
8 Feb 2020 · 4 min read
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Voters’ Day
Today is National Voters’ Day and the Election Commission of India has released advertisements asking voters to take a pledge. And that pledge goes like this: “We, the citizens of India, having…
25 Jan 2020 · 5 min read
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Armed Forces… stay at arm’s distance
In the last few years, Army Chiefs and senior security personnel have met the Press and spoken quite candidly. And that interaction has dragged them into a public debate, interpretation and criticism…
18 Jan 2020 · 5 min read
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Power-Stress
As we have had a politically charged week with protests and violence, it’s time for some inane banter. This reminds me of my dinner a few days ago. I had been to…
11 Jan 2020 · 4 min read
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A credo for 2020: Acceptance & Kindness
As the New Year rolls in, so also gifts. And like all offices do, I too get annual diaries and calendars as gifts. But this year, a gift rolled into my office…
4 Jan 2020 · 5 min read
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Secular Who?
So, protests continue. While initially the protest was against leaving out illegal Muslims from Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), it has now moved to a ‘pre-emptive protest’ against National Register of Citizens (NRC).…
21 Dec 2019 · 5 min read
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Thoughts on CAB
The Citizenship Act of 1955 has been amended again and passed. This Act has been amended five times before, thrice by the Congress Government and twice by the BJP. The Bill was…
14 Dec 2019 · 6 min read
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When Gavel Breaks, Gun Fires
Yesterday at an ungodly hour, four ungodly men were shot dead by the Telangana Police. All hailed it as justice served. A justice of biblical proportions in modern times, as the line…
7 Dec 2019 · 5 min read
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Crotch-Crushers & Smart Clothes
I have been wearing the same tailored trousers for a few years now and thought it was time to update my wardrobe to the latest trends. So on a recent visit to…
30 Nov 2019 · 5 min read