Categories for Satiricus
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Patriotism Vs Nationalism
India that is Bharat SIMPLE things are simple no more, says sad Satiricus. Once upon a time, for example, tweedledum and tweedledee were one and the same. Alas, no more. The other day the defining difference between them was... View Article
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Holy Cow and Communal Mahatma
WITH so much beef about beef-eating all round, Satiricus is not surprised to see a recent newspaper article invoking Gandhi and revealing to us Hindu ignoramuses that “Gandhi made really strong case against the ban on cow slaughter”, written by... View Article
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Secular Tragedy
WHAT on earth is happening? The other day secular Satiricus was shocked to see the courageous torch-bearer of secular journalism devoting almost a full page to—hold your breath—Islamic terrorism. There were as many as three full, foul anti-secular pieces. One... View Article
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No Brain, No Happiness
India that is Bharat THIS is getting too much for Satiricus the simpleton, this unending quest for happiness. Had it been left to Satiricus, he would have said all the happiness is contained in just a cup of piping... View Article
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Secular Ignorance Is Editorial Bliss
TALKING about the Japanese, Satiricus was really impressed to see that they devote serious study to any subject, ranging from happiness to—hold your breath—garbage. For the other day a headline said, “Japanese team studies garbage”. An intrigued Satiricus... View Article
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Being Happy—The Police Way
IS SATIRICUS happy, or is he unhappy? It depends. On what? Well, he is unhappy when he must sit down to write this column. He is happy when he receives the peanuts the editor sends him for the said column.... View Article
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Secularity Of Science
ISN’T Science wonderful? And the wonders of science keep coming. Only the other week Satiricus had discovered the scientific truth that a full bladder makes for a good liar. Now, believe it or not, he has discovered a still more... View Article
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The True Patriot
India that is Bharat SATIRICUS is an Indian. And he likes being an Indian. So he supposed that makes him a patriot. At least as good a patriot as the average Indian-in-the-street. And he also supposed his patriotism need... View Article
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Justified or a Sham?
SATIRICUS’s friend Tarun Vijay is in the soup, because his English is as poor as Satiricus’s. Recently righteously an eminent in-house “intelligent” of a leading daily took him to task. This intelligent who is an expert in pontificating in pompous... View Article
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Anti-Modi is True Intellectual
India that is Bharat IS OR IS NOT Satiricus a writer?A moot question. For on the one hand Bernard Shaw has certified him as a practitioner of the illiterate profession of journalism, but on the other, Satiricus asserts that... View Article