Two Myths Today

Two myths Today     By – Pamarty Venkataramana The first myth is the anointing of a ‘Father of Nation’ that was still-born. The second myth is that it is #OneNation in absence of an uniform civil code even after seventy plus years. The other myth of course being that we are a ‘Gandhian Government’. Falling […]

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‘JB k C’

‘JB k C’             By- Pamarty Venkataramana Just as the ‘dehati aurat’ jibe of a terror land’s stout neta was being forgotten, a real dehati kind of phrase emerged yesterday in the national capital. A hitherto unknown political worker groomed to limelight by social media hurled a phrase-‘ James Bond […]

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Non-Playing Captains

Non-playing Captains           By – Pamarty Venkataramana Armchair pundits have mushroomed with advent of social media modes. Earlier, coaches of sports teams would don the role of a non-playing captain. On the sidelines of a football or hockey tournament, you could watch these whistle-wielding know-alls ambling to catch a ear of […]

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Not A Hit-Wicket That! 

Not a hit-wicket that!  By- Pamarty Venkataramana  There wa an older colleague of ours associated with the criminal side of law practice at the Delhi High Court who was forever worried about his younger son – a lad who led a lackadaisical life always out in the playground obsessed with Cricket. He would say ruefully […]

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No ability. So, nil liability!

No ability. So, nil liability!         By – Pamarty Venkataramana Time and time again,the world has been overwhelmed by vagaries of Nature. And, always retraced it’s path for a civilizational existence. But, this time around the Covid-19 pandemic was admittedly,an undoing of Mankind’s unkind cut. The last eighteen months have clearly exhibited […]

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Hero versus Villain

HERO VERSUS VILLAIN  By  Pamarty Venkataramana The world has turned into a topsy turvy one.    A duo took off to the celluloid as hero and villain together from the same film, few decades back. He who started off as a villain soon grew  to don the role of a hero in film after film and […]

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Yours Most Obediently!

Yours Most Obediently!            By – Pamarty Venkataramana Exciting times are in for  all ‘idle minds’ and eager beaver reformists of ‘societal systems’ as the ‘wheel of Karma’ goes full circle in a Republic where ‘washing linen in public’ has become germane to desi political screen. It no longer seems shameful for a ‘public servant’ to […]

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