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About the AuthorKrishna Shastri Devulapalli
Krishna Shastri Devulapalli is a humour writer, novelist, columnist and screenwriter
    In Support Of Every Janhvi KapoorColumnists
    In Support Of Every Janhvi Kapoor

    Why any woman should be respected by men merely because she is related in some ‘sacred’ manner to some other man beats...

    11 Oct 2026 3:02 AM IST

    An AI-free Ode To The EightiesColumnists
    An AI-free Ode To The Eighties

    I speak of a Saturday night — and Saturday Nights were big back then — when we were all gathered at the usual friend’s...

    20 Sept 2026 2:12 AM IST

    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | The Art Of Asking The Right QuestionsColumnists
    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | The Art Of Asking The Right Questions

    What’s with this mad obsession with collecting endless information that actually adds nothing to our understanding of...

    9 Aug 2026 12:06 AM IST

    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | How A Safe Space Triggered My TraumaColumnists
    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | How A Safe Space Triggered My Trauma

    Listen, you psychobabblers, I am onto you. But let me decode your therapy speak for the benefit of others

    12 July 2026 1:22 AM IST

    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | The Grate Indian Dance CompanyColumnists
    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | The Grate Indian Dance Company

    I would squirm every time I watched a song filmed abroad and wonder at the shamelessness of it all. How could anyone be...

    13 Jun 2026 8:45 PM IST

    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | If It’s Tuesday, It Must Be StrawberryColumnists
    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | If It’s Tuesday, It Must Be Strawberry

    I guess my friend sent this link to me because the website of our wee indie publishing house says (rather grandiosely,...

    23 May 2026 11:53 PM IST

    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Publishing As A Midlife CrisisColumnists
    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Publishing As A Midlife Crisis

    Other people have their midlife crises in their forties. But not me.

    18 April 2026 11:41 PM IST

    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | My Continuing Struggles With Literature FestivalsColumnists
    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | My Continuing Struggles With Literature...

    Was it my interactions with my fellow panellists or my friendship with our 'handlers' that made all the difference?

    15 March 2026 12:43 AM IST

    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | A Thousand Splendid Sons (And Fathers)Columnists
    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | A Thousand Splendid Sons (And Fathers)

    It is important to stand by your family, but equally important to know when to step back.

    14 Feb 2026 11:54 PM IST

    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Two Short Stories on Love and BusinessColumnists
    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Two Short Stories on Love and Business

    As expected, this led to conflict.

    17 Jan 2026 9:00 PM IST

    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | A Melody That Knows No BordersColumnists
    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | A Melody That Knows No Borders

    We’ve all met Balu. We will continue meeting him. Into our old age. Irrespective of which part of India (or the world)...

    14 Dec 2025 12:48 AM IST

    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Could Satire Ever Be Pro-Establishment?Opinion
    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Could Satire Ever Be Pro-Establishment?

    Pro-establishment art does the opposite of what art ought to do. It comforts the bully and disturbs the oppressed.

    9 Nov 2025 12:06 AM IST

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