While having a haircut, amidst the rice fields on a cold Sunday morning at the farm house, Korutla Ravi, also known as Korutla Ravinder – a barber personified – whispered in my ear gently: “Sir, I want to contest in the elections for our village Sarpanch position”. We all belong to a sleepy village, almost […]
Author: Dr. K. Raja Gopal Reddy
TEA – AN EVIL SUBSTANCE
Tea is an evil drink and evil substance. Tea is much more dangerous than, for example, beer! Please avoid drinking Tea. Tea could be dangerous to your health. The fact that tea is dangerous to health is what I have discovered last night. I had drunk 14 beers until 3 AM at the Lake View […]
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
Christopher Columbus died a magnificent failure! Four times he tried to find a route to Asia. When he reached another continent, he insisted that Cuba was a part of China. Colombus set sail in August 1492. His sailors rebelled. ‘Tierra, Tierra’ (land, land) shouts on October 12, ended the rebellion. An island ‘Guanahani’, renamed as […]
CONWAY STEWART CHURCHILL HONEY NOIRE
What?! Writing with Conway Stewart? Writing with Conway Stewart pen and a company of same name that was formed in 1905? This pen was or this style pen was believed to have been used by then British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill; and hence these pens are rightly named after him – The Winston collection. Thus, […]
MIRROR AND I
‘Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all’? In this fairy tale Snow White had an evil stepmother, who always looked in to the mirror and always asked that question. One day, instead of saying “You are, my queen”, the mirror said “Snow White is the fairest of them all”. This […]
NEVER DO YESTERDAY WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TOMORROW
“Never do Yesterday, What should be done tomorrow. If at last you do succeed, Never try again”. – Predestination – (2014) Movie. This movie is very difficult to understand. The movie is based on time loop and time travel. Can the time exist? Even if we were to travel, this does not establish the existence […]
PREDESTINATION (2014)
Never do Yesterday, What should be done Tomorrow, If at last you do succeed, Never try Again I watched a movie titled Predestination (2014) and I wonder if I understood the story right. The movie begins with Ethan Hawke talking to John – “The Unmarried Mother”. He shares his story about how she used to […]
A PHOTOGRAPHER CALLED PUSHAN!
Anyone who holds an expensive camera is not a photographer! With the advent of phone cameras and selfies, the world has lost its sensitivity towards good photography. The infinite and useless photographs, videos and other content on the social media is but a corroborative proof of lost sensitivity. In this scenario, there exists a photographer […]
Seven Minutes – Louvre Heist
I am sure you remember ‘the Collingwood Study of 100 Women’. A passage from that document reads as follows: ‘While there was a great variety in response, the majority of females who had orgasms, whether brought on manually, orally or through intercourse, reached the climatic state in Seven Minutes.’ This study was made on females […]
RIP // ASRANI JI
Actor Asrani, who cemented a special place in the hearts of audiences through his portrayal of the eccentric jailer in Sholay and best known for his comic roles, passed away in a hospital in Mumbai on 20th October 2025. He was 84 years old. His full name is Govardhan Asrani, known popularly by mononym Asrani. […]
