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 …
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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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Politics? Moi?
Politicians and diapers have one thing in common. They should both be changed regularly, and for the same reason. José Maria de Eça de Queiroz. Those of you who are familiar with my weekly ramblings, will know that I am not all that partial towards political commentary. My readership may be limited, to put it …
The needy Mr. Maslow
What one can be, one must be. Abraham Maslow (1908-1970). The other day, I was watching some documentary film on Netflix, the name of which escapes me completely for the moment, but there was this professor of psychology from some famous university, never mind from where and his name, who was going on endlessly about …
Suresh's Corner 