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City slights: What happened when Indian mayors gathered to discuss the sleaze of living index 😜
August 20, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
Indian mayors and city fathers gathered at a Swiss resort by Lake Geneva to discuss their city’s standing in India’s just-released Ease of Living Index, which had Pune on the top of the list, and…
August 20, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Let’s face it: The sarkar is keeping a close watch on how the Big Boss is featured on TV channels 😜
August 17, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
Big Boss (sitting in his office, looking at a TV screen showing his face): TV, TV in the hall, who’s the most featured face of all? Aide-in-Chief (coming into the room): Don’t worry, Bossji. We…
August 17, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Cry Freedom: An A-Z of the new yokes we need to shake off 😜
August 16, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
Having OD-ed on yesterday’s popcorn patriotism, let’s detox and face the reality of the new and not-so-new stuff that rules our life and lifestyle platforms. AI,‘anti-nationals’, Arnab clones, avocado claims Bribes, board exams, builder mafia,…
August 16, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Flash freezing: That’s what airconditioning means in the land of plenty, unlike in desh 😜
August 14, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
I am back in New York City, which today is hot like Mumbai. And while everyone around me wilts i thrive. I am Indian and take pride that my body can withstand close to 100%…
August 14, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Topi pehna diya: Shashi Tharoor called PM Modi’s headgear “outlandish”, but politicians wear many hats 😜
August 13, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor was recently accused of calling PM Modi’s headgear at a function, a Naga horned helmet, “outlandish”. BJP asked Tharoor why Naga adornments should be mocked when there are so many in Congress…
August 13, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Fake take: The latest commodity to be adulterated is the news 😜
August 10, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
Two practitioners of the time-honoured practice of adulteration – mixing nakli stuff into the asli cheez – discussing the latest development in their trade. First Adulterator: We’ve sure come a long way since we first…
August 10, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Desi dhandha: With one single step, India can improve its ease of doing business ranking 😜
August 8, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
India ranks very low on the international ease of doing business ranking. It comes some 100th out of 190 countries surveyed. This is grossly and patently unfair. For India is one of the best places…
August 8, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Yes sir? No sir! Why overusing the honorific is a bad idea
August 7, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
Are you a ‘Baba black sheep’ manager? As in, when asked a simple question, do you preface your answer with ‘Yes sir, yes sir’? The eponymous character in the nursery rhyme at least managed to…
August 7, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Money talk: The world’s wealthiest man and the changing vocabulary of wealth 😜
August 3, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
How Amazon is that! Jeff Bezos, the founder of the world’s biggest e-commerce company, has become the world’s richest man. Estimated at $151 billion, his personal wealth has overtaken that of Bill Gates, who comes…
August 3, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Men ≠ Monogamy: But Priyanka Chopra is never going to date, much less marry, more than one Jonas brother 😜
July 31, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
The one thing my mind cannot wrap itself around is what i call the ‘Second Wives Club’. By this i do not mean women who marry divorced men, i mean women who pretend-marry a man…
July 31, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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You think I Khan’t? But I Khan: Imran Khan is the first cricketer to become prime minister 😜
July 30, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
Pakistan’s World Cup winning captain Imran Khan has won an even bigger prize. By becoming the first test cricketer to be elected prime minister, Imran has passed his longest test and in the end delivered…
July 30, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Double take: Widespread outrage sparked by remark that India will become a ‘Hindu Pakistan’ 😜
July 27, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
Two outraged citizens in heated discussion. 1st Outraged Citizen: That Tharoor fellow has gone way too far this time. 2nd Outraged Citizen: He sure has. Normally when he opens his mouth he puts only his…
July 27, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Lords of misrule: We deserve the politics, and the politicians, that we have
July 25, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
He was a young man from what some might describe as being a ‘good family’. He was well-dressed, sported designer sunglasses and was driving an expensive car. He was obviously quite affluent and, presumably, reasonably…
July 25, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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You have a charger? The incantation ruining the evenings of high flying party eagles 😜
July 24, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
My friend is one of those high flying party eagles but he has had a bit of a broken wing in recent times. You can trace that wound to the competition he has been facing…
July 24, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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The new USSR: Forget the Soviet Union, it now stands for United States Softened by Russia 😜
July 22, 2018, 2:03 AM IST
“The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!” is a Hollywood comedy from the 1960s that captured the chaos in a New England town following the accidental grounding of a Soviet submarine off the Atlantic…
July 22, 2018, 2:03 AM IST
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Swagat, Donaldji: The US president could be the chief guest at the next Republic Day parade 😜
July 20, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
The US president with his Chief of Staff. Prez: Hey, Chiefie! Have you heard the news that that guy in India who goes about hugging everyone is planning to invite me to be the chief…
July 20, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Slush fun – Size matters: our potholes are bigger than yours 😜
July 19, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
There’s been a slight delay in Mumbai’s delusional plan to become a world class city: it keeps falling into potholes along the way. They piled up an eight-km traffic jam on the Sion-Panvel Highway this…
July 19, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Standing by your man: No that is not the job women should be devoting themselves to 24×7 😜
July 17, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
India is like that kid who has all the right qualities – democracy, secularism, spirituality – but who still manages to come last in class. It is one of the few countries where having a…
July 17, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Queer the pitch: Shock reactions to the Supreme Court move to decriminalise homosexuality 😜
July 13, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
Two guys belonging to the MMM, the Macho Male Mahasabha, drowning their sorrows in a men-only bar. 1st guy: I just can’t understand what these judges of the Supreme Court are up to. Or, rather,…
July 13, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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House of Canards: How Civil Exchange died, after Rumour, Gossip and Hearsay entered driving fast SUVs like WhatsApp 😜
July 9, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
Rumour, Gossip and Hearsay gathered at the Frills & Frippery Bar to tattle on matters frothy and frivolous over a tipple. Rumour was in a foul mood because the government had impounded his SUV called…
July 9, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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