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Social Media and Real World Enthusiasm
You might have watched the latest Fastrack ads running on TV nowadays. The ads which suggest us to ‘Move on’. The problems with those ads are not that they are asking our society to break shackles of orthodox traditions and culture and simply be a progressive society by moving on (Hilarious!) but that they don’tContinue reading “Social Media and Real World Enthusiasm”
I believe in Dravid
I have decided. That I am going to stand by and support Rahul Dravid’s team during this season of IPL 2013 because it is a Rahul Dravid led team. Also, I believe that because of the recent events, Dravid won’t participate voluntarily in the next edition of the cursed cricket tournament. This post is alsoContinue reading “I believe in Dravid”
Sun raha hai na tu
One billion articles have been written about how IPL is sexist and a capitalist paradise. Nobody wants to say bad things about Rochelle Rao but those cheer girls (same set of girls everyday!) dancing in SET Max studio are of no use to the game of Cricket and also because of another gentleman named SiddhuContinue reading “Sun raha hai na tu”
The thing with Office Internetz
Let us suppose that you are a sane and sophisticated kind of gentleman (or gentle lady or at least gentle). Now suppose that you’re in an office which is very Indian type in nature where the Internet access is managed by an IT Admin team. You want to check a certain website which will helpContinue reading “The thing with Office Internetz”
How to be a Complete Man?
People who are familiar with TV advertisements of 1990s and 2000s might have seen the Raymond’s advertisement where the tagline used to be “The Complete Man”. That tagline has faded now because kids back then used it a lot to make joke about transgenders. Making jokes about them is a complete no-no nowadays. But theContinue reading “How to be a Complete Man?”
Open letter to Dr. Anjali Tendulkar – II
Hi Dr. Anjali Tendulkar Ma’am, I hope you are doing great. Although, I have never known your birthdate but I am sure you won’t mind if I ask you to convey my best wishes to Mr. Sachin Tendulkar on his 40th birthday. I wish the best for him and your whole family, always. Well, sometimeContinue reading “Open letter to Dr. Anjali Tendulkar – II”