It is downright cussed, if not plain ridiculous, that those of us who live in the Garden City of Bangalore, a gross misnomer if ever I came across one, should keep whining and going on about the unpleasant weather during the months of April and May. Yes, the heat and humidity, once unknown in the …
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To SIR with love
The assembly elections in five of India’s states, which includes one Union Territory is now, mercifully, over. Or, is it? The aftermath of this enfranchising exercise will linger on for several days, if not weeks. Chief Ministers have to be named, hopefully without acrimony. Where there is little doubt as to who the CM will …
Some chicken! Some neck!
Forget about Donald ‘No more Mr. Nice Guy’ Trump and Bibi Netanyahu threatening Iran with dire consequences and Iran returning the compliment with interest. Forget about Trump escaping yet another assassination attempt. Some cynics are going, ‘Third time lucky, maybe.’ Cruel, cruel. Then again, forget about Trump barefacedly denying to the CBS ’60 minutes’ channel …
The Ballet of the Ballot
Kids want a saviour, don’t need a fake / We’re gonna rock to the rules that I make / I wanna be elected, elected, elected. 70s rocker,Alice Cooper. Elections for various state assemblies in our country have just been done and dusted, barring the 2nd phase voting in Bengal. We are still waiting for the …
Plug me in
I can state, without fear of contradiction, that my expertise at my desktop computer can at best be described as passable. The same goes for my mobile phone. The latter contains a wealth of goodies which, for the most part I loftily ignore. A spot of messaging, checking out what the stock markets are doing, …
War. What is it good for?
(A one-act play) As the curtain rises, Donald ‘The Almighty’ Trump, Pete ‘Attila’ Hegseth, Marco ‘The Cuban’ Rubio, Steve ‘The Golfer’ Witkoff, Jared ‘The Son-in-Law’ Kushner and Bibi ‘I-know-what’s-in-the-Epstein- Files’ Netanyahu are sitting comfortably on the plush sofas at Trump’s Oval Office in The White House. Sitting away from them in a corner of the …
Man smart, smartphones smarter
Life was much easier when Apple and Blackberry were just fruits. Anon. Here is a question for the ages, particularly our present age. Do our mobile phones, or should smartphones be the correct nomenclature, have a mind of their own? We know they, the smartphones that is, can do all kinds of wondrous things at …
Baby, you can drive my car
This week I come to sing the praises of car brands that use every tool of persuasion at their disposal to sell you a particular brand of vehicle. The marketing and selling effort in a highly competitive field, with several Indian and imported brands vying for the customer’s eyeballs and attention, cannot be overpraised. You …
My school summer holiday diary
Here’s the thing. Every now and then, I keep getting asked if I am a writer. I give it a brief think and reply that I write. About once a week. If that answers the question. Then there is the counter question. Yes, but does that make you a writer? Good question, for which I …
India’s World Cup win – the secret ingredient
I have won many trophies in my time, but nothing will ever top helping win the battle for peace in my country. Ivorian footballer Didier Drogba. At the outset, I must emphasize that I was not really planning to write about cricket as I had already done so just a few weeks ago, and most …
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