Welcome to the IPL 2025 edition — where cricket meets chess, drama meets destiny, and mediocrity gets tossed out like yesterday’s meme. This year, teams needed 17 freaking points just to breathe playoff air. That’s right. No more sneaking in with 12 or crawling through with 14. The margin for error? Gone. Vamoosed. Vanished. The […]
Let’s start with a brutal fact: Your people are not okay. They’re just excellent at faking it. The top performer. The one who smiles in every meeting. Sends emails at 11:49 PM. Volunteers for extra work. That person? Might be hanging by an emotional thread. And you won’t know it – Until the resignation hits […]
(Not a theory. Just tomorrow’s exit interview in disguise.) Let’s cut the fluff. Burnout isn’t a buzzword. It’s your profit margin dripping away silently. It doesn’t scream. It simmers. Until it shows up as dead eyes in meetings, brain fog in decisions, and eventually… a two-liner resignation email with the subject line: “Thanks for everything.” […]
There was a time we counted cash. Now we count on screenshots. From street vendors to CEOs, “Bhaiya UPI chalega?” has replaced namaste as our national greeting. Weddings, golgappa stalls, house rent, Tinder dates, hafta collections — UPI runs deeper than democracy. No wallet? No problem. No OTP? Even better. UPI has made India faster […]
A while ago, I asked a question on Facebook. Simple. Brutal. Unfiltered. “If given a choice — would you pick a grand death or a normal life?” And I’ve never stopped thinking about it. The Great Delusion of “Normal” Most people live their lives like rented rooms. Comfortable. Predictable. Don’t stain the walls. Don’t be […]
Let’s all take a deep breath and thank the diplomatic gods. India and Pakistan just pulled off a miracle. No, not winning a cricket match without controversy — something even rarer. A ceasefire. Yes, you heard that right. The big scary “W” word (War) has been replaced with a more elegant “C” (Ceasefire). Nobody lost. […]
By Kapil Gupta So Rohit Sharma has retired from Test cricket. And no, this isn’t about respect. It’s about timing. Perfectly timed. Almost… IPL-scripted. Let’s cut the crap. Rohit’s test form was flatter than a soda left open in May. Nine matches. Avg: 10.93. Forget Virat vs Babar debates — this was Rohit vs Rohit. […]
— A Follow-up to “Pahalgam: When Tourism Turned to Terror” By Kapil Gupta Let’s not sugarcoat it. The Pahalgam attack was 100% Hindu-Muslim. Not because I said it. Not because Twitter said it. Because the terrorists made it that way. They checked for religion before pulling the trigger. ID dekha, naam padha, goli maari. That’s […]
Instagram launched “Teen Accounts” late last year. Big news? Nah. It’s just lipstick on a digital demon. But now they are being promoted incessantly, especially in India Teen Minds, Real Damage Let’s get this straight. This ain’t about safety. It’s about optics. A 14-year-old in a tier-3 town watches a 17-year-old in LA flaunt Ferraris, […]
Last week’s Pahalgam terror attack triggered a thought. I know many will dislike it. But when has that ever stopped me? Twenty-six Indians lost their lives. Tourists. Kids. Bus drivers. Young women. Old parents. Killed. In cold blood. But the media, the public, and the frenzy that is our national mood — picked one man. […]