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Emperor of ice-cream: As choice-divided democrats dither, a minority of unified devotees gets to select the Brand Leader 😊
June 18, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
Once upon a fable, an MNC called the RAJ Ice-cream Company ruled half the world. Then, the cherry on the company’s sundae broke away to become an independent producer of ice-cream. The confection made by…
June 18, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
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Lockdown countdown: Unlocking life? The only key that will work is caution 😊
June 17, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
We’ve learnt the hard way that the virus is more macrobe than microbe. We have bowed to it, reverentially chanting ‘Coronamaha – namaha’. Even those who dismissed Patanjali’s ancient science as ‘yogarbage’ began practising its…
June 17, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
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Art attacks: Beauty lies in turning nothingness into somethingness and earning fame and fortune 😊
June 16, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
The Mona Lisa’s enigmatic smile that has intrigued viewers for centuries might well have been transformed into a hoot of raucous laughter. And the cause of her mirth could be the case of a 67-year-old…
June 16, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
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Seduction, sedition: If someone insists on privacy, does that mean they have something to hide? 😜
June 15, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
Government social media guidelines in the near future (spoof; you need to explicitly say this nowadays, or else this makes it to WhatsApp as ‘truth’): All social media companies need to perform Know Your Customer…
June 15, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
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Mehulbhai on the beach: India’s movers and shakers hold a Zoom call to discuss Five Star fugitives. A conversation that wasn’t 😜
June 14, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
Mover and Shaker 1: Darlings, did you see the secret photo of Mehul Choksi on the beach? Mehulbhai, allegedly, has a girlfriend in Antigua named Barbara Jarabica. Wow, a new life for humare Mehulbhai from…
June 14, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
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Put to test: How the pharma industry is making it more and more difficult to pass medical ‘exams’ people have to take 😊
June 11, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
The other day I failed an important test. The test didn’t take place in an examination hall but in my home, and my examiner was not a person who prepared a question paper for me…
June 11, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
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Sweet not sour China: President Xi now wants to expand its circle of friends not its territory 😊
June 10, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
It is difficult to imagine old Jinping, dressed in Elvis bling, belting out ‘Baby lemme be your lovin’ panda bear.’ He recently said he wants a more ‘loveable image’ of China. Even if it were…
June 10, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
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The hole truth: The pandemic in India helps astrophysicists come to grips with a cosmic enigma 😊
June 9, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
A side-effect of the coronavirus in India has the international astrophysicist community all abuzz with excitement at the unique opportunity it has provided to study at close quarters a profound cosmic enigma, namely the phenomena…
June 9, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
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Beauty and the beast: Hair was there and then not. And I am not talking about a soothing shave 😜
June 8, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
So I am making those impolite and indiscreet remarks men make when they fail to realise their folly in that there will be a payback. I say what do you all do for four hours…
June 8, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
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Treasure island: Lakshadweep is Mother Nature without a filter, keeping pirates at bay 😜
June 7, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
No man is an island. Not even an island is an island, someone tell John Donne. Is that the sound of big waves from the mainland crashing into the calm waters of archipelagos? Lakshadweep, the…
June 7, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
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Life assurance: Alleged lapses in pandemic preparedness might be seen as part of a scheme of a truly universal franchise 😊
June 4, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
The Opposition parties have criticised the government for alleged lapses in combating Covid-19. These putative shortcomings include the failure to ensure adequate supplies of vaccines and oxygen, and to have not only allowed but encouraged…
June 4, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
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Seven rhymes with heaven: So why did this 7th year turn out so hellish? 😜
June 3, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
‘Why aren’t there 10 numbers from 1 to 10? Because seven ate nine.’ Something akin to this corny joke seems to have happened to the NDA sarkar’s calculations. Covid’s gargantuan appetite has gobbled up the…
June 3, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
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Medicine man: A conversation with a yoga guru/ entrepreneur, where he tells us all about various ‘pathys’, and his name 😊
June 2, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
The uncharitable remarks about the discipline of allopathy made by yoga guru and entrepreneur Bahbah Scramdev have got the medical fraternity up in arms. Second Opinion went to talk to the man behind the controversy….
June 2, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
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Reason vs Ramdev: In pandemic times misinformation is abundant. Not doctors and vaccines 😜
May 31, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
Do as I say not as I do, is a slimy leadership trait that does ‘double toil and trouble’, particularly in polarised cauldrons. Harmony, calm and reason are like kryptonite to it. In the US…
May 31, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
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Memorable reunion: The best friends we have are those we haven’t met for a long time and are eager to meet again
May 28, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
During my coronavirus quarantine, I found time hanging heavy on my hands. Confined to a room separate from Bunny’s, I felt the claustrophobia of isolation, relieved only by the lengthy and frequent phone conversations we…
May 28, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
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Another foolkit: Not just a Whodunnit, it’s also a Whydunnit 😜
May 27, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
In a post-Truth world, easily lies the head that wears a frown. The khela is still hobey-ing in West Bengal, and now it looks like BJP has scored another own goal. This time in a…
May 27, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
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Corona calendar: As a side-effect of the pandemic, the world might get yet another way of marking years 😊
May 26, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
Over the millennia, humankind has devised many ways of marking the passage of years in the form of different calendars. There are said to be some 40 calendars which have been used in some part…
May 26, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
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Jijo 86346: You are not a hoarder? But your cupboard and desk drawers would mystify even Holmes 😜
May 25, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
If I asked you, are you a hoarder you would say no way, I cannot stand clutter. Then why is it that if you cleared your cupboard and desk drawers you would find a key…
May 25, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
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Put a ring on it: Couples who live together without marriage, run together from moral mob 😜
May 24, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
Virginity is to be maintained unto marriage and if possible even beyond. Under no circumstance to be freely squandered on sundry men or women, however twinkling their eye or dimpled their cheek. Libido cannot be…
May 24, 2021, 2:05 AM IST
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Doctor Yes: In the age of super-specialists, the good old GP comes to the rescue at the time of Covid
May 21, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
Ours is an age of specialisation and the medical field is no exception. So, as science discovers more and more ills that mortal flesh is heir to, we need specialists to treat them called cardiologists,…
May 21, 2021, 2:00 AM IST
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