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 […]
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 […]
2021 A. D. : Year of Revival By- Pamarty Venkataramana It is the law of Nature that whatever goes down has to go up : an universal rule which is applicable to all spheres, including Economy, Arts, Literature. After the woes or hardships, there is bound to come a positive change. Today is a […]
The Year That Wasn’t By – Pamarty Venkataramana 2020 A. D.The year that wasn’t.It just tunneled all world.New thoughts flooded.Panic struck all lands.Economies came to a standstill Kaleidoscope of life now showed online classes, work from home and deserted roads.Fear gripped the advanced western hemisphere as well as the so-called Third World countries and under-developed […]
Exile the Pall-Bearers! By- Pamarty Venkataramana Who are the pall-bearers of our democratic society? We,the People? Nay. Voting public? No. The hapless; the specially abled deaf-dumb-blind-paralysed-incapacitated;the disabled war veterans? No way. The poor peasant farmers;farm labourers; maid servants; weavers; sculptors; artisans; chowkidars; cobblers; vendors; shopkeepers; teachers; doctors; engineers; cooks; gardeners; electricians; plumbers; drivers; […]
School of News-Phishing By- Pamarty Venkataramana Regale. Rejoice. Drink a toast, oh merry men and lovely looking lassies of HappyLand – clink your glasses to Mr.Frog! Tadpoles. Frogs. Hogs. Lambs. Stuttering Parrots. Purring kittens. Whining puppies. Old bulls. Peacocks. Cuckoos. Crows. Vixen. Jackals. Pigs. Ducks. Pigeons. Squirrels. Gorillas. Leeches. Lobsters. Crabs. Mosquitoes. Dragonflies. Sidekicks. Sycophants. Slick […]
Tic tac toe By – Pamarty Venkataramana Fair game. Fair Play. Two powerful phrases. As respectable as a dinosaur model in some museum. A ‘fair game’ is admittedly where both players have exactly the same chance of winning. A ‘fair choice’ ensures all possible options have an equal probability of being chosen. But, can ‘fair […]
The Weeping World ! By – Pamarty Venkataramana I am me. You are you. He is him. She is her. They are they. We aren’t them. They aren’t us. The novel corona virus though has yet again peeled the skin and showed us the lemons and the demons present every which corner of the world […]
आज के हिन्दू मुस्लिम वैमनस्य को देखकर सोचता हूँ कि बटवारा सही था। परंतु फिर ख्याल आता है कि आज का वैमनस्य उसी बटवारे का by product ही तो है। सोचो अगर बटवारा ना होता तो 3-4 प्रत्यक्ष और अनगिनत अप्रत्यक्ष युध्द ना होता। कश्मीर में आग ना लगी होती। हथियार की खरीद में अरबो […]
Satyagraha-113 Hit-Wicket By – Pamarty Venkataramana It was in the year 1907 that Mahatma Gandhi first announced Satyagraha as a political tool of resistance to counter oppression by regimes. He had organised opposition to the notorious Asiatic Registration Law (the Black Act) of South African Government. It is the year 2020, now! The ‘Mahatma’ is […]