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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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War against Peace 

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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War against Peace         By Pamarty Venkataramana                         Case study :   A poor widowed mother approaches a greenhorn lawyer to apply for bail to free her son who got a seat at a premier State engineering college on quota of merit ranking […]

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Hero versus Villain

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HERO VERSUS VILLAIN  By  Pamarty Venkataramana The world has turned into a topsy turvy one.    A duo took off to the celluloid as hero and villain together from the same film, few decades back. He who started off as a villain soon grew  to don the role of a hero in film after film and […]

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Yours Most Obediently!

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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Yours Most Obediently!            By – Pamarty Venkataramana Exciting times are in for  all ‘idle minds’ and eager beaver reformists of ‘societal systems’ as the ‘wheel of Karma’ goes full circle in a Republic where ‘washing linen in public’ has become germane to desi political screen. It no longer seems shameful for a ‘public servant’ to […]

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Checkmate the Devil

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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Checkmate the Devil              By- Pamarty Venkataramana Evil stalks. Cruelty smiles. Mafia rules.Accidental leaders falter. Failed ones whine. Womenfolk suffer still : domestic violence, workplace harassment, hapless rural girls, exploited urban Stree, et all. Rising number of unemployed menfolk.Failed youth – wayward, astray, falling victims to fatal addictions including drugs, political harakiri, apps-led weddings. Once […]

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Trumped

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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      Trumped By Pamarty Venkataramana ‘ Flunked ‘ used to be the most abominable phrase at school. Today, in 2021 A.D, there’s a newer phrase ,viz, ‘Trumped’. ‘Trumped ‘ is not about trumped-up charges. Nor is that about blowing one’s own trumpet.  It is more akin to someone cocking a snook at someone who was […]

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Morals and Methods

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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Morals and Methods          By- Pamarty Venkataramana Are morals and methods polar opposites in every way? Is it a truism that today’s moral philosophy rests more on tricks than virtues? Is it indeed sportsmanship when players are auctioned at sponsored events? Is happiness the result of pursuit of virtues and sadness or […]

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Hocus-pocus of Social-media

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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Hocus-Pocus of Social-Media             By – Pamarty Venkataramana The biggest marvel of the internet-age has been the broadening of societal-reach and a greater narrowing of public-opinion. Let us focus our attention on the @twitter platform, as a case in point. Opinionated deliberations when reduced to a 140-characters tweet gain even more traction as sparks fly around […]

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