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My favourite WhatsApp emojis and how we all use them
August 11, 2026
Every WhatsApp group has two kinds of people – those who type and those who live by the emojis. And please don’t underestimate WhatsApp emojis for they represent ‘full sentences’ typed by people who either love you, judge you, hate you, or simply don’t care about you. A few decades from now, anthropologists who study
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What do you call a woman with a bottle-opener in one hand, a knife in the other, a pair of scissors between her toes on right foot and a corkscrew … Read more
Say “I Know” to Drugs!
This is a post, which can be used against me the day I run for Mayor`s office in Chennai. Or after I become the Indian President. Remember US President George … Read more
My article is on Rediff!
I have finally managed to get a story of mine on Rediff. It is on how to shop smart…esp with your wife around. Thanks to the Editor it sounds a … Read more
Disability – an excuse
In the name of humour, we will now learn to respect and appreciate the capabilities of the disabled. I wouldn`t have written this piece had it not been for this … Read more
Thirty year olds
This post is in a form of a mail and is dedicated (and addressed) to a regular reader called ‘Wrongone`, who turned thirty on 6th Jan, 2006 but was disappointed … Read more
Why Microsoft?
[OK…this one is stupid…but does make sense!] Ever wondered why Bill Gates named his corporation Microsoft? It goes against the naming convention. What kind of entrepreneur wants his firm to … Read more
What happens when the World gets quirkier?
Simple. You get to read Quirky News. Postmen taught dog psychology German postmen are being dog-trained. Not the throw-the-bone-and-ask-to-go-fetch kind…but the kind which will help them reduce the number of … Read more
Gambling – a not so wise vice
One of the greatest gamblers of our time died on 26th Dec 2005. Kerry Packer – the Aussie cricket-lover, businessman and billionaire, who gambled with the way cricket was played, … Read more
Santa is a lucky old man
Sometimes I wonder if Santa is related to Santa (Bunta`s friend). But what if he is related…the old man in white would anyways visit only once a year. I somehow … Read more
My work interfered
My apologies. I was held up with work. Not my fault. Who doesn`t get held up with work. At last count more people get held up due to work than … Read more
Heard about this Chennai guy?
Heard about this Chennai guy who recently got caught between a concrete wall and a corporation bus? He lost both his left hand and left leg. According to the latest … Read more
Shopping malls are funny places…
Did you know that the concept of shopping malls came up as early as the 1950s. Did you know that the biggest shopping mall is in Alberta, Canada …a place … Read more
Interview Interludes
Let us accept it. Not all interviews are with the intension of hiring. How many times have we seen Jeetendra or Shahi Kapoor or Shammi Kapoor sitting inside the Manager`s … Read more
Pawarful Politics
Sharad Pawar is the new BCCI President. How refreshing. The democratic country that we are, anybody can be elected to top posts. Just about anybody. Even Sharad Pawar… Indian cricket … Read more
What if I were an egg
Sometimes…I wonder what would have happened if I were born in a poultry. Would I have been a human or a chick? What if I had been a chick…not the … Read more
The Bloggers Meet – Part 1
I decided. I searched. I found the place. I mingled. I drank the coffee (?!). I left. This is exactly how I would describe Sunday`s Chennai Bloggers Meet ….in 16 … Read more
Optimist vs Pessimist
[This scene is enacted in Dublin, an up-market pub in Chennai where I have never set my foot] Optimist: I would say the glass is half full.Pessimist: If you ask … Read more
Con and Constable
[This post is stupid. Proceed at the cost of being laughed at] Wonder if the ‘con` in both the words – Con & Constable – is intentional. Perhaps…William Shakespeare (I … Read more
Whether weather will be good…
Haven’t seen anything as creative in a while. Makes immense logic… Just because Chennai didn’t get its dose of cricket today…all are behaving odd. Even I have decided to make … Read more
When paranoia sets in…
I wonder what happens when paranoia sets in. Now, don`t you stare at me…I am not that paranoid yet. But think of all those policemen who guard the streets of … Read more
Creative something…
What crosses your mind the moment you see a picture? Whatever it is, it portrays your personality. Here is a collection of nine images….with what occured to me the moment … Read more