School of News-Phishing By- Pamarty Venkataramana Regale. Rejoice. Drink a toast, oh merry men and lovely looking lassies of HappyLand – clink your glasses to Mr.Frog! Tadpoles. Frogs. Hogs. Lambs. Stuttering Parrots. Purring kittens. Whining puppies. Old bulls. Peacocks. Cuckoos. Crows. Vixen. Jackals. Pigs. Ducks. Pigeons. Squirrels. Gorillas. Leeches. Lobsters. Crabs. Mosquitoes. Dragonflies. Sidekicks. Sycophants. Slick […]
Tic tac toe By – Pamarty Venkataramana Fair game. Fair Play. Two powerful phrases. As respectable as a dinosaur model in some museum. A ‘fair game’ is admittedly where both players have exactly the same chance of winning. A ‘fair choice’ ensures all possible options have an equal probability of being chosen. But, can ‘fair […]
The Weeping World ! By – Pamarty Venkataramana I am me. You are you. He is him. She is her. They are they. We aren’t them. They aren’t us. The novel corona virus though has yet again peeled the skin and showed us the lemons and the demons present every which corner of the world […]
आज के हिन्दू मुस्लिम वैमनस्य को देखकर सोचता हूँ कि बटवारा सही था। परंतु फिर ख्याल आता है कि आज का वैमनस्य उसी बटवारे का by product ही तो है। सोचो अगर बटवारा ना होता तो 3-4 प्रत्यक्ष और अनगिनत अप्रत्यक्ष युध्द ना होता। कश्मीर में आग ना लगी होती। हथियार की खरीद में अरबो […]
Satyagraha-113 Hit-Wicket By – Pamarty Venkataramana It was in the year 1907 that Mahatma Gandhi first announced Satyagraha as a political tool of resistance to counter oppression by regimes. He had organised opposition to the notorious Asiatic Registration Law (the Black Act) of South African Government. It is the year 2020, now! The ‘Mahatma’ is […]
‘MAAL HAI?’ By – Pamarty Venkataramana ‘Maal hai?’ This is the Uber topic nowadays. As we all know,the heat of television talk shows fries viewers’ souls and roasts all brains. India today has grown : by talk-shows and mock-trials. I used to gloat in the pre-internet days of how I had won a dozen rolling-shields […]
None Named but all Shamed! ( Happy birthday) By – Pamarty Venkataramana A classic tale. An Unknown!– He was one who was boycott by the most powerful leaders of the globe but was seen soon prancing around a Texas stadium with the big boss of that oldest democracy six years after being elected as the […]
Renaissance or Virus? By- Pamarty Venkataramana Rumours. Hearsay. Reports. Investigative reporting. Sting operations. Talk shows. Debates. Panel talks. Special stories. Breaking news. Media trials. Legislature. Executive. Judiciary. Corruption. Corrupted. Corrupt. Mafias. Parallel ecosystem. Fear. Chaos. Discord. Antiquated laws. Goon leaders. Lackey judges. Vulture wags. Cuckoo channels. Fallen societal mores. Freak celebrities. Red is Left : […]
Courtesans of Conspiracies By- Pamarty Venkataramana The grapevine went quiet, all on a sudden! A game of dumb charades can be only as loud as the sign master. But, this was no game. It was a nightmare turned real. Thus far, Big Daddy Cool had turned all society into a reality show: no one who […]
Chariots of Fire! By- Pamarty Venkataramana ‘ India,that is Bharat! ‘ Temples defied. Idols desecrated. Sadhus lynched. Hindus wronged repeatedly. Hinduism under attack. Ornaments and precious,antique jewellery stolen from a sanctum sanctorum. Priests starving. Puja rituals being given a bypass. Bharat is from a bygone era. India is a leftover from colonial arrogance and excesses. #NewIndia […]