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Monthly Archives: July 2005

Rajanism…

27-Jul-05

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my Blog’s RSS Feed. Or my Comment’s RSS Feed. Your funny bone is definitely as big as your femur!Have you realized that when you shave you don’t save? When you shave you spend so much of your money on the costly twin blades that […]

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Choices in life…

27-Jul-05

The Indian race is faced with a cruel choice: work or daytime Doordarshan.
- Unknown
I know the above maxim no longer stands true, because there is now Fashion TV, Zee Music and Pogo. But, the message that the maxim conveys – that life is not about choices – stands true even today.
Whoever said, “Life is full […]

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Toilet Paper…

25-Jul-05

Recently a friend called Hanif told me a story. I don’t know if it is a fiction of his imagination, or it is a great business case study as he claims. But, I don’t want to be a Super Hero anymore. Wondering why? Read on.
According to him, in the late 80s the sale of toilet […]

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Full Coverage - Indian Oil Cup, 2005

24-Jul-05

Indian cricket takes off for yet another season of rocking (pun intended) cricket. At http://allcricket.rediffblogs.com you can follow the other side of cricket…views that can’t make it to the newspapers because they are too silly for print. But too spicy to be ignored. To cut the crap…this site will cover the Indian Oil Cup involving […]

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Drinking milk…

23-Jul-05

If today I am a drunkard, I have to blame my mother. I still remember how as a five year old I would hate drinking that yucky glass of milk before I went to bed. Now, the glass of milk has been taken over by a bottle of beer.
The graduation from milk to a bottle […]

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Rekha and I decide on a Saree

21-Jul-05

Here is a conversation Rekha and I had in Nalli Silks (a premium silk saree manufacturer in Chennai). You make sense of it.
“I like this pink saree with golden border. Shall I get this?”
“Yeah sure. It looks good,” I say.
Rekha spends some time with a brown saree she finds on the counter…and looks at me.
“The […]

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What is in a Malayali name…

19-Jul-05

Shakesphere didn’t know Malayalam (remember, he did not write any Malayalam plays). But he sure did believe in what an average Malayali believes – what is in a name?
A few days back Krishna, a very good friend of mine came home. He is the average Malayali cynic you will find in Chennai, Bangalore or Delhi. […]

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The conmen in trains…

19-Jul-05

Please accept my sincere apologies for being late. Since my last trespass here, I have been to Madurai and back and have also joined Satyam Computers (will be working from their office in Shollinganallur, Chennai).
A second-class compartment is home to many con stories. Some of these stories don’t involve sedative-laced biscuits.
Even as I was in […]

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