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#METOO__ LET’S SUPPORT_YOU, I, AND WE By Neel Anil Panicker If an alien were to lose his way and skid into Earth today, it would not be wrong for him to conclude that our Earth is full of bad men. Pray, why would he think so? The answer to that is pretty simple. Look around … Continue reading neelwrites/#metoocampaign/timetospport/12/10/2018
That’s So Very Cheap By Neel Anil Panicker Cheap is a very cheap word in the way that it is so very cheaply bandied by one and all. Nonplussed? Well, you should be, especially and more so, if you belong to that blessed category of denizens who never ever had to tug at the price … Continue reading neelwrites/cheap/FOWC/essay/nonfiction/
…OF rains, drains, and sundry pains By Neel Anil Panicker Woke up to the steady drum roll of raindrops pouring down slanting rooftops. I clambered out of bed and peered down from the balcony only to find the streets covered in white ever flowing slush like there were some iridescent sheets of gunfire. Outside, the … Continue reading neelwrites/essay/rains/delhi/india/26/07/2018
EXAMINATION MANIA HITS INDIA By Neel Anil Panicker Her’s a quick quiz. Which one month of the year is it when the blood pressure levels of parents with school going kids in India touch the roof? You guessed that correctly. It’s March but of course. March is that one interminably long month when it … Continue reading neelwrites/examinationmania/CBSE/classten/essay/nonfiction/08/03/2018
WHO GIVES A CRAP? WE DO. By Neel Anil Panicker The other day I heard our PM Narendra Modi rolling up his sleeves and then after the customary ‘Mitron’ salutation, going forth to ridicule his bête noire and heir apparent to the Congress throne, Rahul Gandhi, even going to the extent of mimicking his speaking … Continue reading neelwrites/nonfiction/essay/350words/14/01/2017
ESSAY-NONFICTION Of kites, winds, and flying high By Neel Anil Panicker A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against the wind, not with the wind. John Neal, the great American writer and critic was not off the mark when he said this. History is peppered with more such … Continue reading neelwrites/nonmfiction/essay/17/12/2016
WHY AMERICANS HAVE GONE MAD By Neel Anil Panciker A week ago the absolute unthinkable happened. I watched on television the less comical, more tragical spectacle of a slithery seventy year old bronze haired man daubed in mismatched silver and horrendous pink thundering from the stage his silver tongued note of thanks to the people … Continue reading neelwrites/essay/USelections/the beginningoftheend/17/11/2016
SOME STILL DON’T KNOW THAT A ‘NO MEANS NO’ By Neel Anil Panicker It is a great movie. It has stellar performances from the entire ensemble cast including yet another once in a lifetime performance by none other than the superstar of the millennium__the ageless superstar Amitabh Bachhan who like good old vintage wine seems … Continue reading neelwritesblog/moviereview#01/pink/23/09/2016
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