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About the AuthorShashi Warrier
Shashi Warrier has written fairy tales, thrillers, a semi-fictional biography, satires, and a love story. Besides writing, he teaches strategic communication at a business school.
    Fudge and Squark. (Image by Shashi Warrier)Opinion
    Shashi Warrier | Squark, the dog on the doorstep

    Late one night in the rains, I heard a strange noise from near the front door. I turned on the light in the verandah,...

    11 Nov 2023 11:50 PM IST

    Shashi Warrier | The insufferable arrogance of writersOpinion
    Shashi Warrier | The insufferable arrogance of writers

    When my friend Murthy turned up the other morning with a friend I welcomed him in before heading for the bar to bring...

    1 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Anatomy Of A Riot Pretends To Debunk Epic, Ends Up Restoring ItLifestyle
    Anatomy Of A Riot Pretends To Debunk Epic, Ends Up Restoring It

    No one spoke of justice because there was no need

    1 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

    Shashi Warrier | The manufacture of discontentOpinion
    Shashi Warrier | The manufacture of discontent

    The other day my friend Murthy demonstrated that his nose for my Scotch is as keen as ever. I’d just got myself a...

    10 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Book Review | Salim Ali: An unlikely beginning, a great endLifestyle
    Book Review | Salim Ali: An unlikely beginning, a great end

    Here’s hope for those young people who are mediocre with mathematics and other studies, and likely to be...

    27 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Shashi Warrier | Whose club best between barber and Zuckerberg?Opinion
    Shashi Warrier | Whose club best between barber and Zuckerberg?

    The other day I dropped in at the local barbershop without calling the barber, Abid, in advance, to book a slot. When I...

    13 Aug 2023 12:30 AM IST

    Book Review | Lurid and bloated historical epic does not stand test of timeLifestyle
    Book Review | Lurid and bloated historical epic does not stand test of...

    Each of the four volumes of Sivakami’s Vow deserves an independent review because each tells a story of its own...

    6 Aug 2023 12:02 AM IST

    Book Review | C.N. Annadurais witty social realism lost in translationLifestyle
    Book Review | C.N. Annadurai's witty social realism lost in...

    C.N. Annadurai, a journalist and fiction writer before he entered politics, was known for his wit, his wisdom, and his...

    2 July 2023 7:09 PM IST

    Shashi Warrier | Will ChatGPT spell end of exams and teachers?Opinion
    Shashi Warrier | Will ChatGPT spell end of exams and teachers?

    My professor friend Raghavan dropped in the other day with his shoulders bowed as if he, not Atlas, bore the weight of...

    2 July 2023 12:00 AM IST

    Book Review | Convention-bound aesthetic, too many subplots clutter up big pictureLifestyle
    Book Review | Convention-bound aesthetic, too many subplots clutter up...

    The premise is excellent: An immortal yaksha named Prem Chandra Guha, immortal and a lowly guardian of Kubera’s...

    4 Jun 2023 12:35 AM IST

    Shashi Warrier | The coronation and the childOpinion
    Shashi Warrier | The coronation and the child

    A young friend left his eight-year-old daughter Anjali with us for a few hours while he took his wife for a medical...

    4 Jun 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Representational image. (Wikimedia Commons)Opinion
    Shashi Warrier | Time to get under way a World Confusion Day

    An old friend called the other day. “My son Viplabh is going to be in your town for a few days,” he...

    30 April 2023 12:05 AM IST

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