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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 | 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

    Krishna Shastri | On disrupting the worlds of film, business & hospitalityOpinion
    Krishna Shastri | On disrupting the worlds of film, business &...

    Wherever I go, I’m hearing the word disruption. If one wants to make a difference, apparently, one has to...

    21 Oct 2023 11:13 PM IST

    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Why dont we get our children?Opinion
    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Why don't we get our children?

    The show I came to after abandoning Jailer was Who is Erin Carter?

    17 Sept 2023 12:00 AM IST

    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | About how proud I was last weekOpinion
    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | About how proud I was last week

    Last week, a dear friend whom we hadn’t met in a while invited us out for lunch. He thought going to a restaurant...

    27 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Stop with the food fetishes, seriously!Opinion
    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Stop with the food fetishes, seriously!

    I was happy to note that Season 2 of The Bear had dropped (as everything seems to these days). Like many, I enjoyed...

    9 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | The needy universe of social media parentsOpinion
    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | The needy universe of social media...

    The other day, I saw this post by a #ProudMother who was Facebook-felicitating her only daughter for completing...

    11 Jun 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Do you know who we are, Europe?Opinion
    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Do you know who we are, Europe?

    As we speak, in a cabin on the Swiss Alps, unmindful of the howling blizzard outside, five men sporting thick jackets...

    7 May 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | How to leave home a cynic and return an optimistOpinion
    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | How to leave home a cynic and return an...

    People walk for health. People walk to relax. My walks, alas, are battles, with me playing patient mediator between two...

    9 April 2023 12:00 AM IST

    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Synonyms that so often are antonyms insteadOpinion
    Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Synonyms that so often are antonyms...

    The other day, while speaking of a certain larger-than-lifeless politician, when a friend referred to him as powerful,...

    26 March 2023 12:00 AM IST

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