The Column
Roast-level satire on those in power — Telangana, India / AP, and Tollywood.
- The ColumnTollywood
Tollywood’s Biggest Blockbuster Is the Collection Poster
The film opens once; the PR machinery keeps celebrating until arithmetic applies for leave.
- The ColumnTelangana
A Thousand Days, Defeated by a Black T-Shirt
Revanth Reddy’s government has discovered that cotton is more threatening than questions about its promises.
- The ColumnIndia / AP
Andhra Pradesh Clears ₹30,000 Crore — Mostly by Announcing It Again
Naidu’s government has discovered a revolutionary fiscal instrument: returning employees’ money and calling it generosity.
- The ColumnTelangana
Telangana Congress Finds Discipline, Misplaces Democracy
A minister exits over a ticket dispute while teachers are asked to wait, proving patience is strictly for people without power.
- The ColumnTollywood
Tollywood’s Biggest Hit Is the Collection Poster
The film may be successful. The publicity department has decided success needs a larger, more decorative number.
- The ColumnTelangana
Congress Turns Cabinet Management Into Family WhatsApp Admin
In Telangana, a ticket dispute now comes with ministerial consequences and an unusually active delete button.
- The ColumnIndia / AP
Andhra Cleared ₹30,000 Crore. Employees Are Still Waiting.
Naidu’s government has discovered that an instalment schedule becomes a miracle once it reaches a press release.
- The ColumnTelangana
Telangana Cabinet Opens Its Family WhatsApp Tribunal
Revanth Reddy’s Congress has found a revolutionary way to enforce discipline: punish the relative, avoid the allegation.
- The ColumnTollywood
Tollywood Has Declared War on Arithmetic
Romanchakam’s box-office figures arrive in several realities, all apparently requiring applause and none requiring a ledger.
- The ColumnTelangana
Congress Solves Cabinet Discipline, Telangana Loses Another Minister
The Revanth Reddy government has replaced collective responsibility with a highly efficient system of individual disappearance.
- The ColumnIndia / AP
AP’s Education Revolution Has Reached the Teachers’ Hunger Strike
The government filled thousands of posts swiftly, then asked experienced teachers to prove they belong in classrooms.
- The ColumnTelangana
Revanth’s 1,000 Days, Plus One Cabinet Vacancy
Congress celebrated governance by calendar while Telangana watched a ministerial exit arrive with constitutional paperwork.
- The ColumnTollywood
Tollywood’s Biggest Hit Is the Inflated Poster
Producers sell fantasy on screen and arithmetic in the press room, where every crore arrives with a designer border.
- The ColumnIndia / AP
AP’s Double-Engine Government Runs on Pending Arrears
Chandrababu Naidu promised employee-first governance; employees now have to remind the government what “first” means.
- The ColumnTollywood
Tollywood Has Declared Reviews an Act of Treason
The film opened to mixed reactions; the publicity machine opened a case against reality itself.
