-Duke Jeyaraj The horrific news coming out of Pollachi town in Tamil Nadu. The temperatures usually soar in March, but this March 2019 they appeared to soar even more – courtesy, this nasty sex scandal. I have been mulling over this stomach-churning news from Pollachi. Some thoughts came into my mind, fueled by the […]
– Duke Jeyaraj on the Chennai Super Kings-Sunrisers Hyderabad Final on 27 May 2018 with a message at the end He suffered a hamstring tear,At 36, he wasn’t exactly young, he himself was aware,The 0 runs he scored off his the first 10 balls he faced gave Chennai Super Kings fans a scare,An as-usual defeat […]
– Duke Jeyaraj I translated into English a moving song from the movie Mahanati (Telugu)/NadigaiyarT hilagam (Tamil) on the life of the 1950s and 1960sactress Savitri which released in the early part of 2018 with Keerthi Suresh playing the lead. The song is titled, Chivaraku Migiledi (Telugu)/Irudhiyil Enna Enjum (Tamil). Is this the mirror that […]
– Duke Jeyaraj “I have never seen or lived through such a World Cup,” said Coach Didier Deschamps of France! So would have said the 1 billion people who watched the Final as if they were in a trance! Six goals were scored in the regulation time and the 78,011 Luzhniki Stadium Crowd did dance! […]
– Duke Jeyaraj shares the ultimate Goodnews surprisingly starting from the Sadness-Causing, Suicide-Encouraging, Sickening Online Game Blue Whale. We are not talking the big fish in the sea. The “Blue Whale,” referred to in this piece, is an online game that ultimately dares its players to act out a death-wish – their own! This smartphone […]
– A Duke Jeyaraj poem on the India-Bangladesh Asia Cup Final 2016 on 6 March 2016 With A Message At The End The enthusiasm the Bangladesh Cricket Fans show for the game can’t be ever matched, But that photo-shopped picture of Taskin carrying a severed-at-neck Dhoni’s head was far-fetched, India needed a tricky 22 runs […]
– Duke JeyarajBoxer Mohammed Ali once said, “I hated every minute of training. But I said, “Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a Champion.” I agree with Mohammed Ali’s eloquent message here: tenacious training takes you to the top! “Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams — they all have different […]
– Duke Jeyaraj #Nice Terror Truck Driver told cops he was carrying ice-cream in his truck (see this pic from The New Indian Express, July 16, 2016). And the cops kind of believed him. This was the result: he actually had stuff in his truck that made people scream – two Kalashnikovs, bullets and a […]
– Dr. Duke Jeyaraj Bharat Tamore. Bharat Tamore who? Bharat Tamore, a steward at the Taj Hotel, Mumbai who lived in the sea-facing village at Bhadwar Park, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai. At 9:30 pm on 26 November 2008 he saw 10 young men who were unloading massive school bags and huge carry bags at the shore […]
-Dr. Duke Jeyaraj There are several controversies that surrounded the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa. Suman Priya Mendonca, writing for AsiaNet News website on 9 December 2016 talked about one such controversy: “Controversies around Jayalalithaa’s death refuse to subside. Four dots found on Jaya’s face strengthen the theory that her body was […]