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Krishna Shastri Devulapalli
About the AuthorKrishna Shastri Devulapalli
Krishna Shastri Devulapalli is a humour writer, novelist, columnist and screenwriter
    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Leaked interview from a pan-India film auditionColumnists
    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Leaked interview from a pan-India film...

    Location: Swanky new office of NRI ‘tech-billionaire’ from Dallas turned South Indian film producer. Those present:...

    20 Oct 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | I don’t know why the mediocre bird singsColumnists
    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | I don’t know why the mediocre bird sings

    As a young fellow starting out as a magazine illustrator, my childhood dream come true, I miraculously got the...

    22 Sept 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Hey, let’s make some better things worseColumnists
    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Hey, let’s make some better things worse

    “Give us something, and we’ll make it worse.” These (roughly) were the words from a few years ago of a talented singer...

    18 Aug 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | On spectacle, time and the speed of moneyColumnists
    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | On spectacle, time and the speed of...

    Exploring the paradoxes of wealth, free time, and the nature of celebrations in the shadow of India's grandest wedding

    21 July 2024 12:00 AM IST

    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Let’s mistreat some robots, what say?Columnists
    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Let’s mistreat some robots, what say?

    At a party I attended a while ago, a friend of mine, self-admitted doting dad, was having his daily phone conversation...

    30 Jun 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Will the coming days be better?Columnists
    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Will the coming days be better?

    To fulfil my monthly commitment to this space, I began writing the kind of piece I’m known for. It featured two Indian...

    19 May 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | My low-budget urban wildlife adventuresColumnists
    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | My low-budget urban wildlife adventures

    In my schooldays, we had this teacher who possibly had the most novel excuse for corporal punishment, which he...

    14 April 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | How I lost the debate with Mr DevelopmentColumnists
    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | How I lost the debate with Mr...

    Alarmed by the mad love being showered on a movie called Manjummel Boys, on the seventh of March, I posted something on...

    17 March 2024 12:40 AM IST

    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | My futile quest for tranquility and solitudeColumnists
    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | My futile quest for tranquility and...

    On the second day of the weeklong festival involving daylong loudspeakers in my usually quiet locality, when my options...

    11 Feb 2024 1:46 AM IST

    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Those agony aunts who are bad newsOpinion
    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Those agony aunts who are bad news

    I have this aunt. Before my extended family gets their loincloths in a bunch trying to figure out whose mother I’m...

    14 Jan 2024 1:08 AM IST

    I am a believer not just in their kindness, but the purity, clarity and genuine intimacy of strangers: Krishna Shastri Devulapalli. (Image by Arrangement)Opinion
    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Stranger Encounters of the Intimate Kind

    On my morning walk, I sometimes see this young woman, a focused, majestic jogger. There is something pure, even...

    10 Dec 2023 12:05 AM IST

    A beautiful town isnt a shape-changing piece in a jigsaw that will magically click into the empty space in your life and make it complete. (Image: Freepik)Opinion
    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | The going gets tough, the tough get...

    Of all the quotes in the world — barring the ones about inner beauty that invariably (not to mention,...

    19 Nov 2023 12:05 AM IST

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