Collection of Essays written by Guest writers
History spells out venerable names like Satyabhama,Panchali,Yashodha, Jhansibai, Ahalyadevi, Kannagi, Jijabai, Rudramma, Marie Antoinette, Vaidehi, Savitri and such other ladies who have been immortalised by their tryst with wars and noble countenance in midst of wars: some of these ladies raised warriors whereas few became warrior queens, themselves.
Revelations of Wars By Pamarty Venkataramana Woe to all Earthlings. Wow to all political animals. For, the infectious innocence of children is lost. And, all distilled wisdom of the older people has apparently disappeared. 1. Spirituality :This has long ago been relegated to be housed only in the inner recesses […]
Drums of War By Pamarty Venkataramana Drum-beats of war are music to the ears for arms-suppliers and mafiaso who revel in strife,sectarian-violence and create an atmosphere of general pandemonium. The bands of violent minds are often numbed souls that have no identity of their own : they become subservient to […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 । […]
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 […]
‘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 […]
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 […]
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! […]