Abraham Lincoln had faith in people’s ability to see through deception. He famously said: ‘You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.’ If only he had lived to witness Indian politics today! He might have…
Mr Surya Rao (Sun), the great celestial charioteer, we beseech you! It is not even mid-February, and you are already galloping across the sky like a warrior late for battle. Your fiery enthusiasm is turning our city into a tandoor, leaving us wondering – did winter even stop by, or was that just a fleeting…
As the dust settles on the high-stakes Delhi Assembly elections, exit polls suggest a fierce battle between the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). With most surveys pointing toward a BJP victory, the national capital may be on the verge of a major political shift. While two outlier polls suggest…
For actors accustomed to the limelight, recognition is second nature. Whether on a film set, at an airport, or in a temple, they expect a familiar smile, an eager handshake, or at the very least, an acknowledging nod. So when Brahmanandam and Tanikella Bharani stepped into a small village temple during a film shoot, they…
A friend’s post on WhatsApp got me thinking. It was about the Hedonic Treadmill – how we keep chasing the next big thing, only to find ourselves back where we started. The more I thought about it, the more I realised: this is our story, playing on a loop like a daily soap. The smartphone…
The Colorado Supreme Court has settled a legal debate that sounds straight out of a satirical courtroom drama. A group of African elephants housed at Denver’s Municipal Zoo were at the centre of a lawsuit filed by an animal rights organization. The group sought to have the elephants declared ‘persons’ and moved to a sanctuary…
There’s a certain charm in Indian politicians swearing oaths on the Bhagavad Gita, the revered Hindu scripture. It lends an air of moral gravitas, a whiff of Dharmic commitment to their otherwise humdrum or dubious political careers. Yet, one can’t help but wonder: how many of them have read the Gita, let alone understood its…
I have always been the proverbial tortoise in the race against technology. It took me an embarrassingly long time to realise that social media existed. My first encounter with Facebook was thanks to an ex-colleague from my Deccan Chronicle days. At the time, I was in Dubai, working for Gulf News and still clinging to…
Few innovations have transformed an art form as profoundly as Leica cameras have revolutionized photography. Born from Oskar Barnack’s vision in 1913, the Leica (originally the Ur-Leica) was designed to test exposure times on short lengths of film. Little did Barnack know that his invention would not only change the technical landscape of photography but…
When Trump sets his sights on something, he doesn’t just shake the tree – he chops it down. The latest victim of his policy axe? Birthright citizenship. His executive order to end automatic citizenship for babies born to non-permanent residents on US soil is sending expectant parents into a frenzy. And if you thought Indians…
