Category Archives: Humor

The Straight Dope FAQ on Indian Elections 2009

Or what news­pa­pers and media will not tell you about the 2009 Indian Par­lia­men­tary Elec­tion. Will the new gov­ern­ment go in for reform? Absolutely! Though there may be a slight dif­fer­ence between what every­one under­stands by reform and what the … Con­tinue read­ing

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Rulebook for Indian TV News Producers

Any new­bie TV News Pro­ducer who wants to com­pete with the top Indian news chan­nels will be well advised to com­ply with the fol­low­ing guide­lines: All news is BREAKING NEWS. This also means that if there is no news, BREAKCon­tinue read­ing

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QOTD — 10th Oct 2007

After the intense and enlight­en­ing dis­cus­sion on an ear­lier post — An Unquiet Mind Over Mat­ter — I couldn’t help resist shar­ing today’s Quote of the Day from The Quotation’s Page. It’s a per­fect rejoin­der that serves a sump­tu­ous dessert … Con­tinue read­ing

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Religion vs. Atheism in Parenting

A few weeks back, I read Richard Dawkins in The God Delu­sion say: I want us to flinch when we hear of a ‘Chris­t­ian child’ or a ‘Mus­lim child’. Small chil­dren are too young to know their views on life, … Con­tinue read­ing

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Indo-US Nuclear Deal: Mammoth Task Ahead

The Indo-US Nuclear Deal has become like the story of The Blind Men and an Ele­phant. Let’s see how. #1: Man­mo­han Singh hang­ing to the Tail Think­ing that this was the end of the rope for energy ambi­tious India, Singh decided to … Con­tinue read­ing

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To My Readers

There was once a Ram­bodocWho twisted word and min­dA­long came An Unquiet Min­dAnd soon they were one of a kind Not for­get­ting her­self, Aika­ter­ine joinedOemar’s ran­dom mus­ings entwinedThiru was perched on a spotNo won­der as he was on blogspot Priyank was fly­ing in … Con­tinue read­ing

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Jaadu ki Jappi’ prevents robbery

After the Munnab­hai style Gand­hi­giri worked in the case of Amer­i­can green card seek­ers, his “magic hug” resolved another prob­lem (thanks to GF’s blog): The Wash­ing­ton Post reports: It started about mid­night on June 16 when a group of friends was fin­ish­ing … Con­tinue read­ing

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