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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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An Ode to Facebook
I started writing poems when I was in class eight and have some 500+ of them stored in decaying notebooks, in my attic. Unfortunately, back then one wrote in notebooks … Read more
Wanted: Lady Gym Instructor
If you are only interested in the Gym Instructor’s job….skip this crap and scroll below Japanese believe in manufacturing goods that last for a certain period. I am told, they … Read more
I am an environmentalist with blood on my hands
You have probably doubted my honestly while reading one of the articles on Ouchmytoe.com and wondered…I have read this joke somewhere. Chances are you did read it or saw it … Read more
Drinking no longer a sought after pastime
I will never forget how I tasted liquor for the first time. The biology teacher (whom I had a crush on, and thus went on to score 87% in XII … Read more
Cartridges, Razors & Love Marriages
This post is dedicated to Garima Sinha, who works for ibibo. Find out why. I had recently bought an HP Printer Cartridge and registered online for their “Spin & Win” … Read more
My time with Mumbai Underworld
I have been playing ibibo`s social game Mumbai Underworld for a month now, and it is very addictive. I didn`t start playing this game by choice. One day, I noticed … Read more
Conversations by Dr Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India
Dr Manmohan Singh and I go a long way. If Dr Manmohan Singh hadn`t been named Asia`s best Finance Minister in 1993 (wasn`t it that year?), I wouldn`t have wanted … Read more
Thinking about my funeral
I have been reading Scott Adams` Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain! for a while now. It`s a deviation from what he does best, and maybe that`s why this collection … Read more
Fashion is everything
I was watching ibibo.com`s (thats where I work) latest advertisement and wondering why do people wear two underwears when in the washroom. Fashion, perhaps? Let me assure you that I … Read more
Surviving an economic crisis or depression
India has recorded a GDP Growth of 7.9 per cent – proof that we Indians have managed the economic crisis/recession a lot better than others. Meanwhile, Abu Dhabi has offered … Read more
Dear foreigner, here is a guide to India
This blog post is inspired by another blog called “Our Delhi Struggle” (Click here to check it out), where Dave & Jenny chronicle their ‘struggles` in Delhi. Guess what, Harper … Read more
Best cure for Swine Flu – Laughter
Swine Flu is like Susan Boyle. It hasn’t really done much, but anyone with an internet connection has heard of it. – Read somewhere on the internet [Not heard of … Read more
An Ode to Michael Jackson alias Jacko Wackode
The climax of the ‘Thriller` is out…Michael Jackson dies of a ‘Bad` & ‘Dangerous` heart attack and becomes ‘History.` I loved the guy. He was my hero for almost seven … Read more
When I got kidnapped
This was the last thing I expected. I can understand when a pretty girl gets kidnapped by a rowdy for sex (read Sita getting kidnapped by Ravana) or when a … Read more
Poem: No Longer Innocent
This was a little like summer of 69 – when the sex was dirty and the air was clean. Back then, I was young and energetic and didn`t need to … Read more
Jammy appears on NDTV 24×7, woos the World
You all know that there was a time in my life when Television was my friend, philosopher & guide. You perhaps also know that Rekha and I once used to … Read more
My farewell mail while leaving Yahoo
When I left Yahoo in just seven months, I had sent out a farewell mail to all my Yahoo colleagues. Today, while going through my old mails…I saw this and … Read more
Celebrating my birthday in style
The blog post is being written after attaining permission from Priyanka Khattri, a 22 year girl from Pune (now working in Delhi), whom I met up on my birthday. After … Read more
I am looking for a ‘birthday’ partner
Twenty sixth of April is my birthday and I will be alone in Gurgaon. My wife and daughter are in Kerala celebrating Vishu (the New Year in Kerala) and my … Read more
Fourth free birthday gift
I always wanted to be somebody in life. Somebody big and famous…somebody people rushed to meet…somebody people wrote to…basically somebody big. But I guess I should have been more specific … Read more
Pink – the color of my life
My life has been suddenly inundated with the color pink. Where ever I see, I see pink. Yes you got it right…the color that one gets by mixing red and … Read more