Fire bath in Monsoon Rain..

The wailing of a distraught woman pierces through the dark sky.. as I strain to pick it up. It fades away.. Hamba Hamba, Bamba Bamba, Kamba Kamba..

A father-son duo running to escape from the impending downpour... the Hindu Hridaya Samrat would rue the birth of his offspring who lost the throne for the chair.

The endemic warriors who set out to finish Sanatana Dharma is stranded on a wooden plank in the violent sea facing a storm.

The cries from.. where is it from? Karnataka? no no, seems to be from Telangana. Or namadu Chennai? Is it from mana Telugu naadu? the make up is washed away by the heavy rain and the actor has to step on to the stage. The court has issued a warrant which will find its way to any of the four addresses on his four voter's Ids. Did he vote in all four locations? If Kamal could do a dasavatharam, abandon his own party to sit in thr Raja Sabha, a fellow actor can certainly be in four different polling booths simultaneously or otherwise.

The Monsoon is gathering speed. This time around, the Parliament will bear the full brunt.  Who will survive the baptism by fire? 

Outside? Only a child's foot is sufficient to crush a cockroach. 

The Peace Prize is in pieces

The ink is yet to dry.. The gunpowder is already in the air.. The Peace Deal was never really about peace. It was a one-sided surrender. Even that failed to hold for 24 hours. 

As for Mr. Trump, he has already moved on. He is locked in a serious fight with Melodi—sorry, Meloni—over a selfie, or rather, the absence of one. Meloni blasted Trump, and I dare say this is the beginning of the end. Not for Trump, but for the USA. Just like Great Britain's slow and steady demise after World War II, the world is witnessing another titan bite the dust. Only this time, it might just be faster, steeper, and far more painful. As for the rest of the world, we dont really care about Trump and by extension the USA.

If it is of any real value, Mr. Trump may be given the Peace Prize, after all.

The Transactional Theater of a Peace Prize Aspirant

 

Pieceful Peace with the Piecful by the Peace Prize aspirant Trump.

The headlines scream of a "permanent" peace deal between Peace Prize Aspirant Trump's USA and Iran—hastily announced by the self-proclaimed harbinger of peace, the PM of Pakistan.

The only tangible outcome? Pakistan PM's social media handlers either finally learned how to use their dashboard or handed the account over to a first-class student just so the "breakthrough" could be posted without the usual humiliating fiasco of a 'DRAFT TO BE POSTED BY FAUJ PA' tag left in the text.

After all, Mr. Trump is meeting Modi Ji on the sidelines of the G7 in Évian today. He desperately needed something to show—especially after the reckless US blockade strikes on ships caused tragic Indian casualties off Oman. He wanted to walk into that room looking like a savior, but India doesn't buy into transactional theater.

This is a new India that refuses to absorb structural disrespect. Just recently, Dr. S. Jaishankar completely stripped away the veneer of Western diplomacy by exposing their hypocrisy on a global panel. He reminded the world that back in 2022, the US specifically nudged India to buy Russian oil to stabilize global energy markets, only to play political games later. As Jaishankar flatly put it: "Let's not pretend that this is about some great principles. I don't think hypocrisy is appropriate here."

He didn't stop there. He delivered a blistering whiplash to the European establishment by stating: “Europe sells weapons, which are used to attack India. Not just now but for many years. We Indians have never done anything to endanger Europe. I think that's a reasonable point.”

Trump may have scrambled a paper agreement to save face for his G7 photo-ops today, but New Delhi operates on a completely different timeline.

Toast to the transactional peace...

Singham returns to devour them all..

 K Annamalai IPS has resigned from the BJP.

Nothing to mourn, nothing to panic. By letting the AIADMK dictate terms to the extent of denying a BJP member an MLA ticket, Amit Shah laid the trap. Either AIADMK had to win the TN for the NDA, or....

Annamalai is a core nationalist, a practising Hindu, a proven administrator and a star crowd puller who had Modi Ji's oft seen public support. By losing the elections for the NDA, AIADMK and the entire south Indian politics has to factor in the Singham - returns. This time around, he is not bound to coalition politics or power play. The majestic Singham's mere gaze mortifies them all. When he roars, the forest trembles in fear. When he is on the prowl..

Thank you TN voters.. You played right into the script.