The seat-sharing arrangement of the two major fronts is out. And it makes interesting reading, into the minds of the alliance leaders, that is.
Everywhere there is talk of coalitions in politics. The positives and the downsides of this have been argued ad nauseum, so I have nothing to add to it. Except that coalitions are […]
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Till yesterday, I didn’t know what Metroblogging meant. Well, I don’t claim much knowledge even now. But Chennai has been placed on the Metroblogging circuit, and that’s great news!Many thanks to Kaps, Kiruba, Nancy, Keerthi, Chandru, Vatsan and Echo.
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This morning, I saw this photo pinned to the cubicle of a colleague. Curiosity overcoming the better of me, I asked him if the person in the picture was Bhagat Singh. My colleague replied in the affirmative, and being a native of Punjab, said in a fit of patriotism that today marked the 75th anniversary […]
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Is there an award for the best stunts performed in public life?If yes, then I will back Sonia Gandhi to win this year’s award.
Puzzled? You shouldn’t be. She just resigned her Lok Sabha seat, stating…
“In the last few days some Opposition parties are trying to create an impression that the Congress and the United Progressive […]
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Q: Describe a catch-22 situation that you were in…
A: Once, I was in Ayanavaram (a locality in Chennai), and wanted to go to Anna Square (also in Chennai). I didn’t have a bike or a car. There were no auto-rickshaws either. I thought I was stranded. I didn’t know what to do. Thankfully, bus # […]
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Microsoft has announced that it is going to delay the launch of the will-it-ever-come Windows Vista.Mary Jo Foley of the PC Magazine explains the reasons in her article, “What’s Really Behind the Windows Vista Delay?”
To say that Microsoft’s bombshell decision to delay the launch of Windows Vista until 2007 was due to quality concerns is […]
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[cross-posted in TN Assembly Election ‘06]Rajnikanth’s decision to stay away from the political theatre this time around is probably his best move yet. The actor, who was once touted to be future Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, has now politely removed himself from the race. This offers an excellent study of the characteristics a leader […]
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South Africa beat Australia and all that. A Himalayan achievement, no doubt. Yesterday’s match was a tribute to the human spirit, a celebration of the never-say-die attribute of sportsmen who immortalized themselves by entering the annals of cricket history. But it is also a reminder, of the sorry state of bowlers. About the ruthlessness of […]
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I am constrained to repeat the opening line of my previous post.
“How do champions respond to bad patches?By rising like a phoenix does.”
Oh, and there’s a similar photo too…
The South Africans, who were mauled earlier in the day, responded like how some superstar-wannabes in Tamil cinema do: “It doesn’t matter who gets to 400 […]
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How do champions respond to bad patches?
By rising like a phoenix does.
And that is what the Aussies have reiterated today. The punter and his men plundered the South African attack, making the Springboks look like bunch of schoolboys. Ricky Ponting led the rampage with a blazing 164 off 105 balls, as the Aussies carted the […]
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If you ask me what the best feature in Internet Explorer 7 is, I wouldn’t think twice before saying it is the Uninstall option.
For once, the guys at Microsoft decided that the Firefox guys had done enough to come up with a good browser. So Bill’s men decided, “Ok, these guys have toiled hard. Let’s […]
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I’m trying to conceptualise a TV ad. It starts like this.
First a long shot of the sun. Then we show random shots of Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn etc. They are all rotating and revolving. The earth too. We focus on the earth. Suddenly, the earth stop rotating. The lights in the background go on. A whistle […]
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CRASH wins the Oscar for the Best Picture this year. That is a surprise - S-U-R-P-R-I-S-E - because, just a few moments earlier, Ang Lee took the Best Director award for Brokeback Mountain.
Philip Seymour Hoffman and Reese Witherspoon take top acting honours, as George Clooney and Rachel Weisz walk away with the Oscars for the […]
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The following appeared in the Obituary section of The Hindu today.
RESPECTUL HOMAGE:
Mrs. Kalyana Sundari (93) […]
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In a February 15 article on Rediff.com - Narayana Murthy wows Washington elite - Aziz Haniffa sings praises of India’s international software icon. The Chairman of Infosys Technologies is, without doubt, the face of Indian software. But he has also transcended into a kind of statesman-CEO voicing his views on areas not directly under his […]
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Rediff.com reports that the Vaiko-led MDMK in Tamil Nadu has severed ties with the DMK and will go to polls along with the ruling AIADMK.
Irked with the offer of just 22 seats by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, which is heading the Democratic Progressive Alliance in Tamil Nadu, the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on Saturday decided […]
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