Corona Diaries 59: It’s Winter Again; Did It Ever Go Away?
Winter is here. You feel it in the early morning nip in the air, the dryness of the skin and the lengthening duration of darkness. It's just the other day one folded warm wear and tucked…
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Year 2035: Welcome To Trollocracy
Trollocracy. Some call it the anarchist's utopia. A few would prefer the word dystopia. But everything in the universe is a matter of perception, isn't it? Actually it's democracy,…
Surprises – The Missing Element In IPL This Season As Team Effort Stays…
It's often one individual's brilliance that wins the day in Twenty20 cricket. His magical outing with the ball or the bat outshines all other performances of the day. The turnaround of the…
Evolution Of Twenty 20 Cricket: The Bikini Goes Cerebral
It was once branded derisively as bikini cricket, the game's most frivolous version. It was more about atmospherics than skills, towering sixes and shimmying cheer girls than brains, and…
Corona Diaries 58: Heroes Disappoint At IPL, But Thank God There’s Cricket
Cricket can be a heartless game. More so when teams you adore hit a losing streak and leave you more disappointed with every fresh outing. Many fans carry unexplained sadness on their faces…
Peep Into The Mind Of A Bhakt: Where Pragmatism And Surrender Of Self Worth Co-Exist
'Bhakt' is a maligned word in our world. In the current definition, the word refers to a person prone to expressing excessive devotion to the subject of adoration. The devotion can go to the…
Corona Diaries 57: Why The Sushant Singh Case Probe By TV Supersleuths Would…
It's puzzling that the whodunnit genre has not really taken off in India. We love peeling off riddles wrapped around enigmas to discover the truth, don't we? We love to dig deep into cues to…
Life In The Troll’s World: It’s Orwellian, It’s Bizarre; But…
Hate them as much as you like. Summon the choicest words to describe them - unintelligent, ill-informed, mean, malicious, bhakt, chamcha whatever - but there is no way escaping them. In the…
Corona Diaries 56: Of New Peaks, Ranges & Human Foolishness
Six million up, and nothing in the COVID-19 trajectory assures us that it won't hit ten million in a couple of months. The number of deaths, a few thousands shy of a lakh now, could go up…
Corona Diaries 55: Let’s Detox With IPL, Give Kangana A Break
Finally, the show is on. Players are bulkier, a tad lethargic, and a bit rusty. The stands miss the madness of frenzied fans, and the familiar bewildering melee of sound and colours. Sans…