Nagarjuna Rao

Soapy tales from la-la land

We have heard of liquid assets, but never quite like this. In a move that would make Cleopatra turn in her milk bath, Hollywood actress Sydney Sweeney has turned her bathwater into bars of soap. 5,000 of these sudsy souvenirs, coyly named Sydney’s Bathwater Bliss, vanished from the internet faster than free WiFi in a…

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One nation, too many jokers

There is a new virus going around, and no, it is not airborne or waterborne – it is mic-borne. The symptoms are unmistakable: compulsive wisecracks, uncontrolled sarcasm, and a chronic inability to distinguish governance from giggles. Punjab’s Chief Minister, Bhagwant Singh Mann, once infected professionally, now appears to be in full relapse. Zinger of the…

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Made in Beijing, presented in Islamabad

In a farcical twist worthy of a low-budget action flick, Pakistan’s military top brass attempted to rewrite military history – armed not with facts, but with a photograph pinched from a 2019 Chinese army drill. At a ceremony organised to commemorate a supposed military ‘success’ (details classified, perhaps even from reality itself), Pakistan’s Chief of…

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And the Ignoble Prize goes to…!

In a world where political leaders compete more for laughs than legacy, this imagined Nobel spin-off rewards the true champions of gaffes, goof-ups, and grand delusions. What if one fine day the Nobel Committee in Oslo decided they had had enough of giving awards to peace-loving scientists and serious do-gooders? What if they finally gave…

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