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Money madness: The ulta-pulta logic of demonetisation and remonetisation 😜
February 7, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
India has gone money mad. No, it’s not that all the people in the country have overnight become maniacally greedy, though the daily exposure of yet another scam might cause one to think otherwise. The…
February 7, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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The waiting game: CEO will be with me shortly but no one really knows the length of a shortly 😜
February 6, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
People love to make people wait. It is a muscle flex, a power thing. The other day i visited a senior executive on appointment and arrived with ten to spare. If he had invited me…
February 6, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Burberrians at the gate: Faux Dosti, Lafda, aur Makkhan is the bane of Indian politics – not clothes 😜
February 5, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
The French fashionista Yves Saint Laurent once observed that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it. There is no reason the same rule should not apply to men’s fashion….
February 5, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Break in India: How to have a smashing good time at the expense of others 😜
February 2, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
Two jobless youth discussing their favourite pastime. 1st youth: For the public service he’s provided to the nation, Bhansaliji deserves another award. A Padma Shri Shri. 2nd youth: A Padma Shri Shri? Like that Shri…
February 2, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Pakoranomics: Besanlal’s micro-view on budget macro-issues 😜
February 1, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
As Mr Jaitley rose to present the finance bill, Besanlal Bhajiyawalla sat tallying the bills from his local modi. He grumbled to himself, “This Narendra Babu is a tough bania, unwilling to tolerate any debt….
February 1, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Ape and essence: Charles Darwin got it all wrong with his ‘Theory of Evilution’ 😜
January 31, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
Chintoo, going about distributing ladoos, meets Pintoo. Chintoo: Here, Pintoo! Have a celebratory ladoo. Pintoo: What are we celebrating? Has Padmaavat been banned? Chintoo: Even better. One mantriji is getting Darwinism banned. Pintoo: Darwinism? Is…
January 31, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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How’s your shower? I grew up with a bucket and mugga and people yelling at me for wasting hot water 😜
January 30, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
A few days ago i landed in New York – home of the original Trump Tower. As i stood in the shower washing away 24 hours of travel grime and a feeling of homesickness i…
January 30, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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No monkeying around: Darwin was wrong, says state HRD minister Satyapal Singh, so let’s not ape each other 😜
January 29, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
Did Charles Darwin the great 19th century British biologist actually state that the chimpanzee is our distant grandad? Not really. In fact he opined that human beings and apes have a common ancestor and complex forms…
January 29, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Crown matrimonial: Meghan Markle gives a much-needed sparkle to Buckingham Palace 😜
January 24, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
Mom and son of a royal family are all agog about the British monarchy. Mom: Getting a glam babe like Meghan Markle into the family was a masterstroke. I wonder which PR agency suggested it…
January 24, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Saga of a cheque: Accounts are never at fault, so even when you apologise to them for their mistake it isn’t enough 😜
January 23, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
It happens. Your friendly neighbourhood bank will reject a cheque that you have credited to your account because the date is wrong or the signature does not tally, some silly technical hitch that messes up…
January 23, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Uncle Sam shuts down: Trump has to ensure America does not become a shuthole 😜
January 22, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
Broadly conforming to Mark Twain’s sage observation that “patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and supporting your government when it deserves it,” Americans have taken the government shutdown starting Friday night in their…
January 22, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Discovery of India: Everything from fire, the wheel to gravity is Made-in-India 😜
January 19, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
Two bhakts engaged in exchanging bhakti gup-shup. 1st bhakt: Have you heard the latest good news? 2nd bhakt: What? Are we going to switch to a presidential system with Modiji as President-for-Life? Has our economy…
January 19, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Age of the OTT: These days there’s more over-the-top acting in real life than in films 😜
January 18, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
Movies were about melodrama and real life remained within mellow drama. Now the roles are reversed. In his column, Santosh Desai mourned the disappearance of the exaggerated cliches which were once Bollywood’s spoor. Arrey, why…
January 18, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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He scares me silly: My building security man now jumps at me loudly – with Jai Hind! 😜
January 16, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
The other night when leaving my fortress in Gurugram the building security man frightened the life out of me by leaping out of his seat and saluting me with a loud, and clearly proud, Jai…
January 16, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Aadhaar idhar udhar: Don’t have an Aadhaar card? You may not be able to use a Swachh Bharat toilet 😜
January 15, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
Since the golden rule of Indian politics is where you stand depends on where you sit, it should come as no surprise that before 2014 general elections BJP members had trenchantly attacked the Aadhaar card…
January 15, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Under screwtiny: How your friendly income tax officer can make you feel like a VIP 😜
January 12, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
My friend Sushil – name changed at my discretion – is puzzled. And the cause of his puzzlement is the Income Tax department. A retired person, he has a modest fixed income from investments, and…
January 12, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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One towel per hotel stay: My friend has a travelogue in his bathroom and lots of nerve 😜
January 9, 2018, 2:01 AM IST
Among the many things i have not crossed off on my ‘to do’ bucket list is swiping one of those white fluffy towel robes that hang in hotel rooms and i know two people who…
January 9, 2018, 2:01 AM IST
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Hiss and tell: When a Wolff in sheep’s clothing got under a president’s skin 😜
January 8, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
“If you want a friend in Washington DC, get a dog,” President Harry Truman is said to have once remarked in an effort to describe the political acrimony that is endemic in the US capital….
January 8, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Question of taste: Indian mouths can mix and match the most divergent of flavours 😜
January 3, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
At first i thought it was a misprint in the menu i was reading in a local eatery. One of the items listed was a pizza burger. Pizzas have become as swadeshi as the samosa….
January 3, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Sorry, Sunny Leone: Some cultured gentlemen seem hell bent on celebrating not 2018 but 1918 😜
January 2, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
Welcome to the New Year and i hope all of you had a wonderful celebration. Sadly i cannot say the same for myself as my New Year Eve party plans were dashed to the ground….
January 2, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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