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A Star Wars story: What do the stars foretell? Voters are star gazing this election season 😜
April 8, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
Whether it’s Urmila Matondkar in Mumbai North West, or Hema Malini in Mathura, or Jaya Prada in Rampur, or Prakash Raaj in Bengaluru Central, or Moon Moon Sen in Asansol or Shatrughan Sinha in Patna…
April 8, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
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Let’s fake it: How to turn nakli news into asli news in three simple steps 😜
April 5, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
As pre-poll campaigning gains momentum it has given a fresh impetus to a particular manufacturing industry: the fabrication of fake news. So great has become the demand for fake news that an educational establishment on…
April 5, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
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Shaadi barbaadi: Nuptials of RJD princeling Tej Pratap Yadav leave a bitterly political aftertaste
April 5, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person they say. In India it is parents who do the finding often. So it was for RJD princeling Tej Pratap Yadav. Mother Rabri Devi…
April 5, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
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Pollasana: Yoga teachers should have been sent out on election duty 😜
April 4, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
Yoga has become our most high-profile export after economic fugitives, so it is only fitting that Patanjali’s ancient science gets upskilled and election-ramp ready. Only minor tweaking is required: the wisdom of our sages has…
April 4, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
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NaMo: The movie – The film, PM Narendra Modi, may result in an unintended consequence 😜
April 3, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
Two voters wearing Hum Bhi Chowkidar topis discussing the controversy over the film, PM Narendra Modi. 1st Chowkidar: These Oppositionwalas are asking the Election Commission to ban the release of the movie on Modiji. 2nd…
April 3, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
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Space jam – of junk: Why visiting alien’s first words may be: “I want to see the manager here” 😜
April 1, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
The best proof that there is intelligent life in Outer Space is the fact it hasn’t ventured anywhere near Planet Earth, sci-fi legend Arthur Clarke once conjectured. India’s joining the ranks of nations (US, Russia…
April 1, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
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Jobs for the girls: Rahul Gandhi’s pre-poll pledge to reserve 33% jobs for women could get an unexpected response 😜
March 29, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
From up above, Durga and Laxmi look down upon the election fray as India heads towards Polls 2019. Durga: What do you think of Rahul Baba’s promise to reserve 33% of all jobs in the…
March 29, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
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Apna time nahin aya: Election season needs the electrician, mali, plumber, etc not only the watchman 😜
March 28, 2019, 2:04 AM IST
The maintenance staff of our cooperative housing society is up in arms – and screwdrivers, pliers, spades. They’ve been holding gate meetings and threatening a mass ‘tools down’. True, our complex sprawls across one of…
March 28, 2019, 2:04 AM IST
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Patriotic ABCD: Hasan Ho Ho Minhaj made me feel like my mom and dad were being outed 😜
March 26, 2019, 2:07 AM IST
I recently watched American comedian Hasan Minhaj’s coverage of India’s forthcoming election. While nothing and no one will ever hold a candle to Arnab’s comedic styling when it comes to political coverage i was struck…
March 26, 2019, 2:07 AM IST
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Chowkidar pe charcha: Brace yourself for India’s jobs crisis is about to get worse no matter who is in power 😜
March 26, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
Chaiwala was sullen and resentful. Overnight, Chowkidar had been upgraded in the political idiom sweepstakes, and he, Chaiwala, who had been in the limelight for several years, had been sidelined. “All he does is sit…
March 26, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
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Holi ke rang: The ever changing colours of politicians this poll season 😜
March 25, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
When Congress neta Tom Vadakkan suddenly decided he wanted to switch to being a BJP neta, Congress big wig Shashi Tharoor scoffed, this is nothing but Tom-foolery. Congress may not want to tom tom this…
March 25, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
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Dressing down: While some wardrobes change all the time, mine remains the same year to year 😜
March 22, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
The other day i chanced upon an antique in my cupboard. No, it wasn’t a precious Chinese vase from the Ming dynasty, or a Chola bronze. The antique i found was of no intrinsic worth…
March 22, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
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Spring has sprung: Today is both Holi and Nowruz. Will they end ‘the winter of our discontent’? 😜
March 21, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
Zoroastrians may have to worry about a coloured water balloon splattering their new clothes en route to the agiari on Jamshedi Navroz. Please don’t say ‘Jamshedji’, as in the first Mr Tata. It’s named after…
March 21, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
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Just glide in: Parallel parking is no big deal … until the chemistry goes awry 😜
March 19, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
So there is nothing difficult about parallel parking. It is easy peasy. You just glide your car into the allotted space with verve and pizzazz and it positions itself as straight as a soldier on…
March 19, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
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Just not cricket: Bowled by the nephews: How Uncle got himself on a sticky wicket 😜
March 18, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
Uncle was quietly celebrating India winning the 2nd limited over game that gave the Boys in Blue a 2-0 lead. “Enjoy it for now, but remember this on days there is no happy ending,” he…
March 18, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
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Divine comedy: The ongoing mandir-masjid row is a cause of much puzzlement Up Above 😜
March 15, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
God in the CEO’s office, ready to be briefed by the HRO, Human Relations Officer. God: Well, I’m back from my inter-galactic chakkar of inspection and I’m glad to say everything’s running smoothly everywhere in…
March 15, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
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Feb 14 is for love not war: A real Valentine’s Day story from a literal Cloud 9 😜
March 14, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
It’s belated, but it has no controversies, so it’s worth telling exactly a month later, when there’ll be stock-taking, finger-pointing, offence-is-the-best-defence-ing on the Pulwama attack. Besides i only heard the story last Sunday from a…
March 14, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
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Gift Pak: ISI says its biggest export is not cross-border terrorism but something very different 😜
March 13, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
Two agents of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) discussing the latest developments in India. 1st agent: These Indians are so ungrateful, I tell you. Imagine saying that our biggest export to their country is cross-border terrorism….
March 13, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
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Haters welcome: At first the WhatsApp group is a love shower and then another kind of shower entirely 😜
March 12, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
Any WhatsApp group with over five people means you are going to, at best be irritated and at worst have full blown feelings of hate towards at least one member of the group. It’s no…
March 12, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
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Anchor anger: Hello TV anchors, which way to the newsroom, sorry, war room please? 😜
March 11, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
When the perpetually enraged celebrity TV anchor screamed “we want revenge, not condemnation, it’s time for blood, the enemy’s blood”, viewers quailed. Another TV anchor even donned army fatigues and brandished a toy gun, revealing…
March 11, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
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