Paris is burning. In school, they taught us Rome was burning when Nero was playing the fiddle. So, is anybody playing the fiddle in Paris? Besides the French Government …which was last seen playing second fiddle. Is Paris still the fashion capital? Nobody walks the ramp now a days. The last man who walked became … Read more
It seems long back two jobless residents of Pune decided to bring Taj mahal to their town. Their logic was simple …push the Taj in the right direction all night and sleep during day time. In ten days time…the Taj would be in Pune. On their first day (rather night) at work they started pushing … Read more
[This was written when the rains were lashing Chennai and my Sify broadband connection was down] It has been raining cats and dogs in Chennai. NDTV tells me that is not true and it has been raining in other parts of the country also. Can`t mess with a pretty babe on NDTV can we? So, … Read more
Some animals have unique features. Some don`t. A giraffe for example can clean its ears with its twenty-inch long tongue. Give that tongue to a man and he would be cleaning the ears of the lady sitting next to him. Porcupines have long, sharp needles. Doctors also have long sharp needles. Does this mean that … Read more
Myth: B.C. means ‘Before Cable` & A.D. means ‘After Dominos pizzas` B.C. actually means ‘Before Christ` and A.D. means ‘Anno Domini`. There are a few people who think that B.C. and A.D. are reflective of Christianity, and since not everyone in this World is a Christian, it should be changed to something non-religious. How would … Read more
1) If the CEO of Google comes to know that one of his employee has come up with an invention which will make him the richest man in the World….what will he shout when he runs out of the building? Answer: Yahoo! Those who got it right were: Prasannalatha1, Flashgordon, Vasanthi Other creative answers include … Read more
I am no exaggerator…but last night while having dinner I got a call from the Indian President Dr Abdul Kalam. He said I was being awarded the ‘Exaggerator of the year award`. Since I don`t like to be disturbed during dinner, I informed him that I would call him at the next available opportunity and … Read more
I think I was brainwashed by Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), coz I am not the type to volunteer for tasks requiring courage. But there I was infiltrating the porous India-Pakistan border. I think I took the route Abhishek Bachchan walked/ran in his first movie Refugee. My instructions were simple…I was to get into Pakistan … Read more