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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
Read the storyTraditions for dummies
In my 30-year-old stay in India, I have hosted many foreigners. And on all occasions, I have been tempted to tell stories …ones not true but …ones that make interesting … Read more
Funny one-liners
(I promise these are not mine) What has one horn and gives milk? A milk truck. What do you get when you cross a stream and a brook? Wet feet. … Read more
Want to get into Corporate Communications?
I have put in my papers at AIG System Solutions. And will be moving to Satyam Computers by the first half of July. Naturally, we are looking out for a … Read more
Spectator sportsman
Jawahar Lal Nehru said in sports participation was more important than winning. I beg to differ. Watching sports is more important than participating. Ask anybody who stays in the CAS-affected … Read more
Two things that are never bought at the same time
While I was sitting in the hospital (outside the ICU), I noticed an old man take small steps. He was leaning on his walking stick. I know there is nothing … Read more
My visit to the hospital
My sincere apologies for being such a late comer. But the visit did not quite go the way I had anticipated. Spent most of my time in the hospital …my … Read more
How NASA selected me for one of their programs
Did you know NASA has decided to send me to the moon? I know you probably wonder why NASA would want to do that ….well, they sent a monkey in … Read more
Caption This
Monkeys have great intelligence. You would be surprised to know that some of them are more intelligent that us. Have a look at some of the monkeys that are not … Read more
Some Sentences
Here are some of the sentences that I can never forget. Some I can never understand. Here I have listed both the type of sentences. Sentences that I have never … Read more
How to bring traffic to your Blog
I read Kiruba`s ‘How to increase your Blog Traffic`…pretty neat stuff. He should know, for he is the top Blogger according to BlogStreet. He is a good friend of mine…at … Read more
When men stop lying
What would happen if tomorrow all men in the World stop lying? They will start dying. Simple. You probably think I said the men would be dying because it rhymed … Read more
Super Heros
Superman`s confidence has always left me in awe. It is not easy to wear your underwear over your trouser and yet walk tall on a busy road. As if wearing … Read more
10,000+ page views in a month! Hurray!
I know numbers mean nothing…but this one is for the kicks. In May, this Blog reached the 10,000 mark. With one more day to go for this month to be … Read more
My Great Escape
A few weeks back I watched this movie called – The Great Escape. Amazing movie. It is based on a true story – the largest Allied escape attempt from a … Read more
Two interesting things
Here are two things I came across today. 1) When you rearrange the letters in ‘MOTHER-IN-LAWyou get ‘WOMAN HITLER. Why am I not surprised? 2) Today (20th May) something amazing … Read more
The real professional hazards
Have you ever tried having a conversation with somebody from the Finance department in your office? Chances are you hated the conversation. If you liked the conversation, chances are you … Read more
Fashion Television and its impact
It is not easy being in showbiz. You got to be a show off, and you got to have something to show off. Like for example long, never-ending legs. Or … Read more
Problems with Yahoo Messenger?
Are you having problems with the latest version of Yahoo Messenger? Do you have to re-start often, or does your system hang all of a sudden…chances are the latest version … Read more