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.
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 […]
Vociferous for Voiceless: When voices are stifled, voiceless voices scream for succor from moles & tyrants holed up in corridors of Government making dummies out of peoples’ representatives as well as a just system of law and order!
Even a school-going child would pose a simple question:’ when all Kashmiris are allowed to reside and enjoy benefits of rehabilitation when displaced by terrorists, why can’t the reverse be the case with all other citizens of India?’
A nation of equal laws and equality before the law honours perceptions, persons and all people. Who are jettisoned to limelight. By hook or by crook.
This essay, by no means, is a repetition of all those well-known declarations about inequities in the educational system, the asymmetry in syllabi or the ever-escalating, prohibitive costs of education even for those families who can affixed to send their children to attend school.
A Lizard’s Tale By Pamarty Venkataramana A dwarf leader. A minion employee. A cunning son-in-law. Maneuvers master bribe-taker. Wins his daughter’s hand in marriage. For, as the old goat-beard gloats-‘ he has all the traces of beating him at his game of deceit, subterfuge and accumulation of wealth’. So, his Apple-of-eyes is in safe hands. […]
Wealth. Gold. Ornaments. Jewellery. Fineries. Possessions. Sweets. Lights. Crackers. Festivities. Joy. Raptures. Celebration. Gifts. Presents. Return gifts. Sharing. Caring. Expressions ⁃ the whole of Festival of Lights can be essayed through these catchwords.
Literature, however, is richer by this additional recognition lent to even the shorter forms of expression. Good literature need not be voluminous, historical or subject matter of critical acclaims or critics’ selection.
To be able to lead a life free from tensions of uncertain, ever-changing, subjective tax-slabs and hassle-free life of affordable, qualitative healthcare.