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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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August 8, 2025
Less Brains, More Bhajiyas..!
Breaking news! Breaking news! Hold on to your samosas, ladies and gentlemen, because the Ministry of Education—yes, that ministry, the
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August 8, 2025
Running to China…!
Somewhere in Shanghai, the tall Chinaman looked at the other Chinaman and chuckled, “I can see someone running toward us.”
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August 6, 2025
Jyoti Sharma and a ‘Lesser’ People..!
It stings, doesn’t it? To be mocked on the world stage. To have a foreign leader—not exactly known for consistency
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August 5, 2025
If The World Was A Café..!
This evening I have a rather unusual appointment. Not with a producer or a publisher, but with a few respected
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August 5, 2025