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Why #NotAllMen: These men doth protest too much, methinks 😜
January 1, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
Many of you have your New Year resolutions firmly in place. For those who don’t may i suggest one of mine – to push for the removal of sexual harassment from the workplace. And thanks…
January 1, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
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Photo, uploaded: Of course your face is your favourite, what if you can’t trust it anymore? 😜
December 31, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
Many of us had our first conscious encounter with facial recognition software on, where else, Facebook. It was 2010 and suddenly, every time we uploaded a photo we were being told the identities of people…
December 31, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Let’s shut up: We in India have more closures and holidays than anyone else in the world 😜
December 28, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
We Indians love to shut up. Not shut up, as in stop talking. Far from it. Indians love to talk, about everything, and nothing in particular. No, how we like to shut up is by…
December 28, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Jingle hells: Meri Christmas or teri, there’s again much to crib about 😜
December 27, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
Christmas may be two days old, but stuffed ghoos is always on the menu. Three or 300 wise politicians will come bearing gifts, following the bright poll star. Away in a manger, the cattle may…
December 27, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Lobster or grass? Be careful of those romantic anniversary dinner deals for two 😜
December 25, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
Seeing as how it was Rohit my nephew and Ritika’s wedding anniversary i took it for granted dinner at their place so asked what time are we expected only to be told by my wife…
December 25, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Shutdown or shutup? An epic partisan political scrap leads to another shut-show in the United States 😜
December 24, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
As if to prove Groucho Marx’s observation that “all people are born alike except Republicans and Democrats”, America’s two opposing political formations have contrived to bring about a government shutdown yet again. On the surface…
December 24, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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For God’s sake: There’s much consternation Up Above about what’s going on down below in Heaven’s name 😜
December 21, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
God, sitting on his throne in Heaven, conferring with his Human Relations Officer (HRO). God: I say, HRO, what on Earth is going on at that Sabarimala place, which has got everyone so worked up…
December 21, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Harvard vs Howrah: Can a rickshawalla out-enlighten a globally hurrahed psychologist? 😜
December 20, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
Steven Pinker is among the world’s most regarded cognitive psychologists, an American ‘public intellectual’. Manoranjan Byapari was dirt poor and illiterate till destiny transfigured him into a literary sensation. Their lines crossed last weekend at…
December 20, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Watch the birdie: As statues grow taller and taller, they’ll attract a lot of high-flying visitors 😜
December 19, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
There’s a competition of literally gigantic proportions taking place in the country. No, the competition is not between Ola and Uber. Nor is it between Coke and Pepsi. It’s not even between BJP and the…
December 19, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Where’s the party tonight? When it comes to revelries, give us a wedding any day 😜
December 18, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
We are Indians, we increase the population, that’s what we do. Someone has to fill up the world, OK? For this we wed. And we do so happily, loudly, with band, baaja and maximum baraat. No one elopes…
December 18, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Our poll-stars: Who’s up? Who’s down? The unseen voter guides Indian democracy forward 😜
December 17, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
BJP was hoping kamal ka phool would bloom, but in Madhya Pradesh a different kind of kamal has bloomed. The frenzied declarations by Congress of being ardent Shiv Bhakts paid off: Bhole Nath blessed Kamal…
December 17, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Get one’s goat: After the election results, the search is on for who, or what, to blame😜
December 14, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
The Big Boss and his Aide-in-Chief frantically ransacking their office, overturning desks, chairs, filing cabinets and anything else they can lay their hands on. Big Boss: It has to be somewhere here. And we’ve got…
December 14, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Customised kids: Genetically engineered babies will be specially designed to our specifications 😜
December 12, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
First it was customised clothes, designed to suit your tastes. Then it was customised cars, designed to give you the drive you wanted. Then it was customised homes, designed to give you the life style…
December 12, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Cheque is in the mail: Except when it has gone to the head office, all dressed up and wearing a tie maybe 😜
December 11, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
The nicest words in the English language are ‘the cheque is in the mail’. Until it isn’t. All over the world accountants get up in the morning and devilishly plot how to delay the dispatch….
December 11, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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In a president’s wake: Like other White House occupants, George HW Bush was pilloried when alive and eulogised after death 😜
December 10, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
“He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend – provided of course he really is dead,” is how the great French philosopher Voltaire is said to have eulogised someone. The caveat is a…
December 10, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Half disciple: Did Guruji Iyengar really succeed in taking the ‘I’ out of me? 😜
December 6, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi may have given the world Yoga Day, but credit for the international popularity of yoga must go to the asli asanists. Like BKS Iyengar. Guruji’s birth centenary is on December 14,…
December 6, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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When the pot called the kettle black
December 3, 2018, 1:55 PM IST
The other day my wife and I decided it was time to replace our fibreglass electric kettle of eight years with a stainless steel one. While it was a sturdy one and would have lasted…
December 3, 2018, 1:55 PM IST
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Go go gotra: In some countries they debate socialism vs capitalism but for us it’s gotra politics 😜
December 3, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
A searing political debate was recently ignited when Rahul Gandhi’s ‘gotra’ was revealed. The Congress president stated that his ‘gotra’ (or the male bloodline that links Hindus with a range of ancient sages) was Dattatreya…
December 3, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Shaadi Inc: After ‘Make in India’, ‘Marry in India’ could give a big boost to the national economy 😜
November 30, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
The big fat Indian wedding has long been a big fat money-spinner. The bill for a shaadi solemnised with all the attendant dhoom-dhaam which has come to be associated with such events – thanks to…
November 30, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Pitaji ki pitai: Fathers have got a beating on both electoral sides 😜
November 29, 2018, 2:01 AM IST
We were a society of revered father figures; this week fathers figured in abuse. Narendra Modi makes a big deal of being a chaiwalla’s son as opposed to dynasty’s gilded patrimony. He’s also much smarter…
November 29, 2018, 2:01 AM IST
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