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Today, I’m Getting that Ball..!

Ah, the joys of grandparenting! For the last few days, I’ve been surrounded by the children of my two daughters.

August 20, 2025

Disrespect to the Constitution..!

Ah, how easy it is nowadays to be guilty of “disrespecting the Constitution!” All you need to do is ask

August 19, 2025

Raise a Toast to Trouble…!

He turned in bed and saw her silhouette against the dark. His wife, the psychologist, sat up, head bowed, thoughts

August 16, 2025

Walking Behind a Devouring Fire…!

I remember as a child going to a part of the town I’d never seen before. My father walked ahead,

August 16, 2025

When Two Bullies Fight..!

As I watch the US and Russia’s ongoing tiff, and India scampering between them like a schoolboy carrying notes between

August 15, 2025

Independence Day and YOUR Independent Thinking..!

Today, the tricolour will be hoisted. The brass band will play the Jana Gana Mana. Politicians will stand straight—well, as

August 14, 2025

Stray Dogs and the Judiciary..!

Now Jeff, my fierce, handsome German Shepherd, has been gone nigh on three years. But this morning, as I read

August 13, 2025

My Café Conclusion..!

I was sitting in a café in New York today, watching the world walk past my table. This was unlike

August 13, 2025

Let’s Start Walking Our Talk Sir..!

I read the news report with a smile—one of those polite, tight-lipped smiles you give when someone’s trying to sell

August 11, 2025

Pappu, Fill the Forms, Please..!

As I listened to Rahul Gandhi’s emphatic, fact-backed, passionate proof of the Election Commission’s complicity in massive voter fraud—proof worked

August 10, 2025

What is Truth..?

“What is truth?” asked Pilate, looking straight at Jesus. It’s the kind of question only a politician could ask with

August 9, 2025

Tariffs, Tyrants and Truth..!

Sometimes, dear reader, we get so busy winning a little skirmish that we forget there’s a full-blown war still raging.

August 8, 2025

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