Hail the Chief

 Hail the Chief ! – Pamarty Venkataramana Myths are the foundation of great nations.Be it a people’s democracy or a monarchy led constitutional democracy,the farce is the facade of the Houses of Society! Likewise,the Judiciary. Beginning from the wigs and collar-bands to the flowing gowns , it is all beautiful peacocking style. In fact,it is […]

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The midnight rendezvous

The midnight rendezvous by  – Pamarty Venkataramana A gang of good fellows are we? Few call us mandarins of government. Others hate our power and call us mongers of power. Loose-tongued ones call us- ‘power-brokers’. More literate folk salute us as ‘civil servants’. The staid old world of legalese dubs us as -‘bureaucrats ‘ ! A […]

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Ape not, Pappu!

Ape not, Pappu! by – Pamarty Venkataramana The company you keep . Perhaps the very first common lesson taught by all parents and teachers to children . We all were and have heard this often – even in later years . Am sure quite many of my ‘married’ readers would be listening to this phrase from […]

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Budget – Not a Stigma

Budget – Not a Stigma by – Pamarty Venkataramana There is much bewilderment at Union Budget.  ‘Poll-pundits’ to ‘armchair tweet-handles’ have been mouthing big euphemisms and standard cliches both in support and against the speech read out by incumbent Finance Minister. ‘Public policy’ and ‘National-Income’ are concepts buried deep into sand and the sand-art of notional-belief […]

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Women as Vanguards

Women as Vanguards By Pamarty Venkataramana Interesting to notice the theme of the very popular ‘Mann like baat ‘ radio programme of the prime minister of India in the first edition of 2018 being dedicated to the ‘praiseworthy womenfolk’ . India, traditionally,has been a civilisation which held women in reverence and worshipping them in guise […]

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