Jas Kohli

The Research which Spoilt the Booze Parties

June 10, 2023

Alcohol, the sweet darling of kings as well as paupers, is facing existential threat from workaholic researchers. Recently, a long-term study entitled, ‘The Global Burden of Diseases Study’ has been published in Lancet, the iconic journal. The researchers have concluded that the amount of alcohol which can be consumed safely...

Many a Reason Not to Badmouth Summer Season

June 3, 2023

The Indian summer, an iconic global brand, never fails to deliver energy sapping and crankiness inducing heat. But for it, Britishers would have settled en masse in India during the British rule. The aam insaan suffers the most while the well-off create ‘Mini Shimlas’ in their homes and cars with...

She was overlooked by Einstein

May 20, 2023

Ever object in the universe, whether living or non-living, is supposed to follow the basic laws of science about gravity, motion, thermodynamics, chemical reactions etc. However, there is a notable exception- the exceptionally beautiful woman. Since time immemorial, poets have documented their findings on this entity. Some have even gone...

Thirsty Crow turns into Angry Crow

May 13, 2023

I, crow Chatur Baboolniwasi, seek the attention of all human beings through this open letter. Enough is enough. We crows have no choice but to raise our caw caw against the blatant discrimination by the birdwatchers. They often wait for hours to click the so-called cute birds- as if these...

Save Books, Bookworms and Wordsmiths

May 6, 2023

World Book Day was celebrated recently with lots of empty rhetoric. Many bookstores have become history while the bookworms have been put in the red list of the endangered species. Books are sitting ducks for smartphones and OTT channels, who proclaim with a swagger- Thikaane laga diya salon ko. Preserving...

Ideas and Innovations: ‘Bad Traffic’ Therapy

April 21, 2023

About a month ago, my fragile ego got heavily bruised due to a snub by an influential person. I decided against the ‘tit for tat’ option since he had the ‘system’ on his side. Then I remembered I had an urgent work in the old city- this trip could divert...

Maria is Merry sans Marriage

April 14, 2023

Middle-class Indians are not supposed to deviate from the standard itinerary in their life journey- Fairly pampered childhood, teenage with waywardness within limits, followed by a career which makes you one up on your relatives. Then marry at the marriageable age, follow the dictum ‘do ya teen bache, hote hain...

Laughter is the Best Medicine

March 31, 2023

When the creator set about designing an upgraded version of living beings, the humans, it incorporated many new features, including the ability to smile and laugh (Though God is probably repenting the genesis of homo sapiens considering the havoc being wreaked on planet earth by them). The boon of smile...

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