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t h i n k o p o t a m u s: November 2014
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T r e a d Softly. YOU MIGHT TRIP ON TEXT. Wednesday, November 19, 2014. The Mendicant- Avatar 3. This is a story i wrote in the 80s for Chandamama's The Heritage. The mendicant got so many positive responses that when The Hindu and The Madras Players announced an all-India competition for plays, i wrote a play based on this old story of mine. it won first prize and got me seriously interested in writing for theatre. the play was Bow of Rama. It was directed by Noshir Ratnagar. Third time unlucky, though!
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T r e a d Softly. YOU MIGHT TRIP ON TEXT. Thursday, June 18, 2015. This is a piece written for a "little book". Brought out by artist Anuradha Nalapat. A couple of years ago. Writing events to life. Years later, sitting at home with my family during power failures, I entranced my children by making them count to three and, lo! There’d be light. It soon became an accepted fact that I could do this, and. A serial dreamer, okay. But projecting your dreams into life? Is there a Grand Plan? A member of ...
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t h i n k o p o t a m u s: January 2012
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T r e a d Softly. YOU MIGHT TRIP ON TEXT. Thursday, January 26, 2012. On top of it all. Nd so it came to pass that we left the plains and came to the mountains during their coldest month. We return in a couple of days. So far, it has been a mesmerizing time, and the sights and sounds and the laughter and affection of the Nepalese have us in thrall. Here are a few pictures. There are many more. But this gives an idea of what it was like to everest. On the mountain flight from kathmandu. The barahi temple ...
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t h i n k o p o t a m u s: The Mendicant- Avatar 3
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T r e a d Softly. YOU MIGHT TRIP ON TEXT. Wednesday, November 19, 2014. The Mendicant- Avatar 3. This is a story i wrote in the 80s for Chandamama's The Heritage. The mendicant got so many positive responses that when The Hindu and The Madras Players announced an all-India competition for plays, i wrote a play based on this old story of mine. it won first prize and got me seriously interested in writing for theatre. the play was Bow of Rama. It was directed by Noshir Ratnagar. Third time unlucky, though!
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T r e a d Softly. YOU MIGHT TRIP ON TEXT. Sunday, August 31, 2014. Aug 31, 2014 :. We Indians save. And it’s not just for our immediate pleasure. We feel gravely responsible for ourchildren and their lives. We tend to store for the next couple of generations if we can. In fact,saving money — or indeed, saving anything at all — has been written into our DNAs, writes SHREEKUMAR VARMA. And there are the social and religious festivals and celebrations. All this costs money. That ought to have been our anthem!
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t h i n k o p o t a m u s: February 2014
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T r e a d Softly. YOU MIGHT TRIP ON TEXT. Sunday, February 16, 2014. Flying the flag of patriotism. Shreekumar Varma, Feb 16, 2014:. Patriotism is a multi-hued emotion that never fails to evoke in us that red-hot feeling while talking about our country. But, what defines patriotism today? What are its boundaries? Is it burnt into our DNA, or does it have to be learnt? Shreekumar Varma attempts to find answers. So what defined patriotism? Was it the marching boots that kept our country secure? In which ca...
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T r e a d Softly. YOU MIGHT TRIP ON TEXT. Sunday, October 19, 2014. Oct 19, 2014 :. There’s a war out there, a war of words, where everyone feels they have to voice. An opinion about an opinion. Innocuous statements being misconstrued is commonplace now. Seems like if there’s. One right that we all love to exercise, it is the right to take offence, writes SHREEKUMAR VARMA. Sadly, despite your quietest moves, they still found you out! Some of their ilk still lurk around. Waiting to be heard. The reply (fo...
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t h i n k o p o t a m u s: October 2014
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T r e a d Softly. YOU MIGHT TRIP ON TEXT. Sunday, October 19, 2014. Oct 19, 2014 :. There’s a war out there, a war of words, where everyone feels they have to voice. An opinion about an opinion. Innocuous statements being misconstrued is commonplace now. Seems like if there’s. One right that we all love to exercise, it is the right to take offence, writes SHREEKUMAR VARMA. Sadly, despite your quietest moves, they still found you out! Some of their ilk still lurk around. Waiting to be heard. The reply (fo...
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t h i n k o p o t a m u s: September 2011
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T r e a d Softly. YOU MIGHT TRIP ON TEXT. Wednesday, September 28, 2011. The work that has happened. First, the play. It went on day and night,. Not continuously, but it struggled through. Uneasy dark hours, and often I went to sleep past. Three a. m. When the subject is about a social aberration. And the genre is murder mystery, night-time writing can be. Eerie as well as immensely effective. And thus was born. CAST PARTY. It's with the Madras Players now, and they'll. Next, The Axe of Parashurama.
