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Today, I missed the Australian innings of the India vs Australia Champions Trophy match. As usual, Rekha was the culprit. It just isn’t cricket when your …
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I didn’t believe when it happened in Mumbai. I didn’t believe when it happened in Gujarat. Now, that it has happened in Chennai and I have experienced it, I believe in life after rains a la life after death.
The last few days have seen unprecedented rains in Chennai. Unprecedented is the wrong word but I am using it because when it rained in my city last, my grand pa was in my great-grand ma’s womb.
Like I was saying, Chennai has got 30 centimeters of rain in the last two days. …
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I didn’t write this one too. Promise.
Here is a bulletin circulated in our office yesterday.
Dear associate,
We recently received credible intelligence that there have been seven terrorists working in our office. Six of the seven have been apprehended.
Bin Sleepin, Bin Loafin, Bin Goofin, Bin Lunchin, Bin Drinkin and Bin Butt-Kissin have all been taken into custody. At this time, no one fitting the description of the seventh cell member, Bin Workin, has been found.
We are confident that anyone who looks like he’s Bin Workin will be very easy to spot.
You …
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Jammy, the Superman is meeting up with Lady in the Water and in her hands will be nothing but a Little Man. As soon as he handles The Devil who Wears the Prada, he will be back in the Monster House to write a blog post.
What is unique about these sentences?
Blogging, Current Affairs »
At the peak of the Blog Ban saga, I had a got a call from a pretty girl called Ranjitha Gunasekaran of Indian Express. I know she must be pretty because most of them somehow find a way to get in touch with me.
The day was July 17 and she was calling to pick my brains about the ban. It felt good to get a call from the newspaper where I had started my career way back in 1999…and went to on to put in 18 months of meritorious service.
For …
Blogging, Current Affairs »
When I think of the blog ban, I wonder if we are going back in history. Didn’t somebody who lived as early as the 17th century say: “I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the very end, your right to say it.” By the way, that was Voltaire.
While reading the newspapers today morning I came across an awesomely written article on the blog ban in India. Click Here to read the article written in Indian Express by Saubhik Chakrabarti.
This blog ban raises a few more …
Blogging, Current Affairs »
What is the issue all about?
We expect our Government to do a lot of things – But not Ban Blogs. That too Because a Bunch of terrorists exchanged messages on some God forsaken private Blog.
We had two opposing reasons to Believe that the Government would never resort to something like this – 1) They were intelligent 2) They were too stupid to understand Internet
That we are having trouble reaching out to Blogs with *.blogspot.com, *.typepad.com & geocities/* is because our Government officials were both intelligent & stupid at the same …
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This article appeared in one of the earlier versions of The Colleger – the youth magazine where I have a column called ‘Jamming Session’. To subscribe to this magazine you can get in touch with - The Editor, Colleger at editor [@] thecolleger [.] com
In one of the most far reaching welfare schemes implemented in recent times, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy today distributed laptops to farmers from the Guntur, Medak and Karimnagar districts.
When this Ouchmytoe correspondent, who traveled with the Chief Minister in the State helicopter, wanted …

