This is the season of letters. India Inc has written one to the Prime Minister, who dispatched one to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, who herself had earlier penned one to Manmohan Singh, who also had shot off another to Anna Hazare, to whom the RSS had apparently sent one, which was released to the media by Digvijay Singh, proving… Read more →
The first thing that I did, upon reading in the newspapers that a 9-foot long python had surreptitiously slithered out of the Vandalur zoo, was exactly what any intelligent, phobia-free, well-informed guy would in the circumstance: Lift the legs up and sit cross-legged, even though it was mighty inconvenient on the chair. It’s ancient wisdom: Never dangle the legs down… Read more →
Plus: A leave letter that made it to the news pages New Delhi: In some happy news for journalists, it has been found that if on working days people don’t have much time for reading newspapers, then on public holidays and weekends, they have a lot more time, which they cannot be bothered to waste by reading. ‘The net result… Read more →
Responsibly chronicling the diverse traditions and cultures of Navarathri and the way it is celebrated across the country would have been easy. But I, as a sincere journalist, have chosen the hard way —- that is chosen to chronicle the diverse traditions and cultures of Navarathri and the way it is celebrated across the country in the most irresponsible manner…. Read more →
‘If he can copy from himself, he can also file a case against himself’ Chennai: In a bizarre case, which may have no precedent anywhere, Tamil film music director Harris Jeyaraj has moved the Madras High Court against himself for ‘consistently copying from his own works’. Harris Jeyaraj, who is a leading music composer in South India, has regularly found… Read more →
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