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 Prophets of Doom : Warmongers?

Pamarty Venkataramana (PVR) is a distinguished and eminent international Jurist, Poet, Author, Speaker and Thinker based in India. His many books are published.
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 Prophets of Doom : Warmongers?            By-  Pamarty Venkataramana Every War has several fathers and patrons. Peace only has midwives. War-casualties are a foregone conclusion. Spoils of War are often little metal badges worn on sleeves or broken limbs and crippled systems. Society is a mere onlooker. No War in era […]

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Puppeteers of War

Pamarty Venkataramana (PVR) is a distinguished and eminent international Jurist, Poet, Author, Speaker and Thinker based in India. His many books are published.
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         Puppeteers of War    By Pamarty Venkataramana Whose war is it anyway?Why do countries go to war ? Do people constitute a country or the systems of political governance rule the lives of all populations of these nations? Is it a mindset or does philosophy of religion instigate conflicts such as […]

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गालिब छुटी शराब

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“ग़ालिब छुटी शराब” हिंदी साहित्य के उज्ज्वल हस्ताक्षर श्री राजेन्द्र कालिया की एक मशहूर किताब का का शीर्षक ठीक वही है जो इस ब्लॉग/पोस्ट का है, जो ग़ालिब साहेब के मशहूर शेर का शुरुआती हिस्सा है। शेर इस प्रकार है। ‘ग़ालिब’ छुटी शराब पर अब भी कभी कभी पीता हूँ रोज़-ए-अब्र ओ शब-ए-माहताब में । […]

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Two Myths Today

Pamarty Venkataramana (PVR) is a distinguished and eminent international Jurist, Poet, Author, Speaker and Thinker based in India. His many books are published.
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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’

Pamarty Venkataramana (PVR) is a distinguished and eminent international Jurist, Poet, Author, Speaker and Thinker based in India. His many books are published.
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‘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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Blah.. Blah.. Blah.. Kachra

Pamarty Venkataramana (PVR) is a distinguished and eminent international Jurist, Poet, Author, Speaker and Thinker based in India. His many books are published.
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                 Blah..blah..blah…kachra?            By- Pamarty Venkataramana Kachra.Blah blah blah.⁃ Two great sound bytes as we near the ending of September 2021. The first was the nail-polished television reporter describing the opponent of her master’s voice on a prime time live talk show. The latter […]

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On Being Duck Out! 

Pamarty Venkataramana (PVR) is a distinguished and eminent international Jurist, Poet, Author, Speaker and Thinker based in India. His many books are published.
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On being duck out!           By – Pamarty Venkataramana                 Limerick One: A leader with a long, flowing beard  Who always oil-combs that beard Come what may in the land He never ever utters a word Stoic silence maintains the man of beard!          […]

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Non-Playing Captains

Pamarty Venkataramana (PVR) is a distinguished and eminent international Jurist, Poet, Author, Speaker and Thinker based in India. His many books are published.
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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! 

Pamarty Venkataramana (PVR) is a distinguished and eminent international Jurist, Poet, Author, Speaker and Thinker based in India. His many books are published.
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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!

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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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