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The author is a brand consultant with an interest in music, cricket, humour and satire

Krishna Consciousness and our Paris sojourn

Krishna Consciousness and our Paris sojourn

At this point I need to retrace my steps a couple of years prior to that memorable holiday.

18 March 2019 2:02 AM IST

There has been plenty of static in our print and television media over the rights and wrongs of Indias aggressive initiatives across our western borders.

War (what is it good for?): Absolutely nothing

It is laughable the amount of brouhaha that has been created, particularly over our television news channels.

11 March 2019 2:04 AM IST

Navigating the terrain is challenging, distances long though the roads are in good trim, the coaches well appointed. The drivers double up as tour guides, and one of them even sang a few local ditties for us.

See the wondrous Franz Josef Glacier and die

A pastiche of word images on the lines of Claude Monet's impressions would serve the mood better.

4 March 2019 1:19 AM IST

The person who set out, so successfully, to demolish Ms. Jenners pre-eminent position as the most liked Instagram personality is a complete unknown, stoutly refusing to reveal his or her identity.

The Egg vs Kylie Jenner on Instagram

As the anonymous perpetrator of this record breaking egg brouhaha was not available for a face to face interview.

25 Feb 2019 1:45 AM IST

In one master stroke, the South Koreans have tackled the problem of overpopulation and at the same time, lest they run the risk of becoming feeling-less zombies, have found a neat way of expending all their pent-up emotions on pets.

In South Korea the dog wags the tail

This has got to be the most unique way of controlling a country's population.

18 Feb 2019 2:16 AM IST

The moment you call any of these numbers, the first thing you will hear is some mindless hotel lobby type instrumental music.

Press 5 to swallow your glass paperweight

After about three and a half minutes of this dirge, the music is interrupted mid-stream and the same voice returns with...

11 Feb 2019 6:15 AM IST

Turns out the boot was on the other foot. Every allegation trotted out by this pseudo cyber expert was roundly denied by all the authorities concerned.

Suggestio falsi, Suppressio veri: Two peas in a judicial pod

That bit of legalistic mumbo jumbo was required for what is to follow.

4 Feb 2019 1:25 AM IST

Like a mongoose on amphetamines'

The hyperventilating Vijay Amritraj is missing in action, though I preferred his backhand to his spoken word.

28 Jan 2019 1:02 AM IST

Switching deftly from the Mahabharat to its alter-ego, that other great Indian epic the Ramayana, our learned scholar went on to dazzle the wide-eyed children.

We don't need no education, we don't need no thought control

Meanwhile various scientific bodies in the country have, quite rightly, raised their sane voices against what is clearly...

21 Jan 2019 1:12 AM IST

Reams have been written about it over the years, yours truly included, from every conceivable angle. Many ardent Carnatic music lovers firmly hold the view that the music season isnt quite off the starting blocks till December 15, when the venerable Music Academy Madras opens its hallowed portals to its members and the public at large.

The sabha or the singer - take your pick

As we go to press, the famed Chennai music season, one of the largest and most amorphous of its kind, has just rung the...

7 Jan 2019 1:42 AM IST

Heres the irony. Ask most Indians the names of the Australian or New Zealand cricket teams over the last several decades, and they will rattle them off in precise batting order, and recite them backwards.

Quick, who can you name the Prime Minister of Australia or New...

Otherwise, the political leadership of the Antipodes is a closed book to me.

5 Nov 2018 1:34 AM IST

The hashtag is an abomination, and it does not surprise me that it is used consistently by the media to flag sensations and scandals. There ought to be a law to exterminate it.

The hashtag is a blot on the writing landscape

The blame for all this can be squarely placed at the door of social media, which is the feeder source for mainstream...

29 Oct 2018 1:37 AM IST