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! […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]