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Its that time of the decade when politicians make hefty withdrawals from their secret Swiss accounts.Its that time of the decade when the EC will seize mind-boggling sums of money, liquor and anything...
View ArticleWhile you were gone, that's how the cookie crumbled in April 2014 [Part 1]
Pause Life. The biggest political event in the planet is taking place.Our politicians had their regular bout of verbal diarrhea. Mulayam Singh helpfully pointed out that rapists should not be hung...
View Article24 hours!
In less than 24 hours from now, India will pass her leash over to her new master. Expect an anti-climax because we already know who our new master will be. But let's pretend we didn't know and examine...
View ArticleAnd that's the way the cookie crumbled, in May 2014...
Yes, my children. India changed! After the euphoria the cookie crumbled for the Grand Ol' Party. And how!Modi came, he saw and he conquered. Having been out of power long enough, the hunger is visible....
View ArticleAnd that's the way the cookie crumbled, in June Twenty14...
Thirty days into a new era of governance, Narendra Modi is finally showing who is boss. Predictably, he has won lot of admirers and a few enemies too. Now, I admit I wasn't too much of an admirer of...
View ArticleAnd that's the way the cookie crumbled, in July Twenty14... [Part One]
It feels like December 2012 all over again. Bangalore - formerly Pensioner's Paradise, Garden City and the City where violent sexual crime used to be rare is now anything but a Paradise, has more...
View ArticleAnd that's the way the cookie crumbled, in July Twenty14... [Part Two]
Guess who's getting lucky? Thats right, at Rs 8 lakhs a night, estranged wife of Hrithik Roshan, designer Sussanne Khan demanded Rs 400 crores ($ 654 million) as alimony.With the way vegetable prices...
View ArticleWhile you were away : July 2013 (Part 1 of 3)
The past week saw much chatter.Uncle Sam grew restless as Vladimir's Russia kept its best poker face.Neither US nor Russia can afford sparking a conflict that will end the human race. So while Snowden...
View ArticleWhile I was away... 2014!
Have you ever wondered why seemingly smart people make rules that don't seem to be so smart?This month our apex bank, Reserve Bank of India, passed a law that said you can only make limited number of...
View Article*Creative Visualization!
Any news is Good News! Atleast when it comes to advertisements. An average Indian is bombarded with atleast 5 different fairness cream ads, 2 different two-wheeler advts, 3 different soft-drink advts,...
View ArticleWhile I was away... November 2014!
Take a seat.. this will take a while.The other day I was on my way to work and I saw a smart young techie in his mid-sized economy sedan. Now we are all stuck in this kilometer long traffic that was...
View ArticleZe List v3.0
In India, this is the day DJs live for. When clubs and pubs get to charge you outrageous ticket prices for their New Year bash and that time of year when hundreds of thousands of couples will copulate...
View ArticleAs you liked it - January 2015
Wheee!! So that was the first month of the second half of the second decade of the 'twenty-tens'.We carried over all the 'Obamania' from the last year because, having Obama and his wife over to witness...
View ArticleA post about 4 Videos and 1 hero
The past month has been abuzz with the AIB Roast being banned. Now, the video doesn't have anything that we don't already say in real-life to eachother or things that we haven't already thought about...
View ArticleWhile you were gone: October / November 2013
Sonia is retiring. Boo Yaa! Okay, so Obama is the flavor of the year.Not only did he spare us World War 3 but also saved the billions around the world from financial gloom and doom. The Senate voted...
View ArticleGuest Post : Romeo & Juliet : Ruined.
Project: A lousy adaptation of the Romeo and Juliet.Title: Goliyon ki raasleela-RamleelaDisclaimer: The character ‘Ram’ in the movie does in no way portray Lord Ram. No animals were hurt in the making,...
View ArticleWhile you were gone: November / December 2013
'Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country' - JFK.RIP MadibaAfter years of unabated corruption and an economy that is going south faster than Obama's ratings, our...
View ArticleAs you liked it: Feb/Mar 2015
Over the last couple of months, the sheen has begun to fade off Mr Narendra 'Ironman' Modi. Rumblings of a defeat began when they lost Uttar Pradesh. Ofcourse, like the well-oiled PR machine that the...
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