These are days of great unease For the world’s residual democracies. A breed of no-nonsense ones Man the slogans and the guns.…
Technology now makes it possible for the smart ones to circumvent those laborious spans of time and effort, and to generate what may properly be nomenclatured selfie forms of greatness
A post-truth era the world over seeks to shame facts with slogans, analyses with national pride, and criticism, however well-meant, with treachery
Is home lost forever, then, Lost for evermore? Every creek I crossed ahead Was cooler than before. The things that I set…
PM Modi’s style of engagement undermines the relevance of legislative oversight.
Corruption is always a matter Of the other man’s pocket, Never of our own soul; We can kill and maim all We…
Are you a gentle rationalist? I am a GR too; Then there is two of us, don’t tell, They would kill us,…
The Hindu Caste system is Full of rationale; From head to polluted tail It ordains a synthesis. Thus, the Brahmin, is to…
Hear the voice of the populace Who past, present, future weave; Do not wish away the past, Or the present and future…
These are the days Of competitive pain
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