Vijay Narayanan on December 18th, 2006

The Hindu carries an interesting article (reprinted from The Guardian, UK) by Daniel Whitaker that compares the Iraq invasion to the American occupation of the Philippines a century ago. Mr. Whitaker bemoans the fact the US overlooked a parallel in history… …the Americans had not done their research on the people, nor did they have [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on December 15th, 2006

Couldn’t be better for a United fan, as the Reds draw Lille, probably the easiest opponents. At least considering that Man U could have been drawn against Barcelona, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, and Roma, Lille look like godsend. I think United lost against Lille away last year, but this time, Sir Alex’s men should master [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on December 4th, 2006

You’ve surely received this mail previously, haven’t you? Many times everyday… Recently, in Bangalore, a young girl was being treated for a heart ailment. She was responding well to treatment, until…   Doctors realised that there were fluctuations in the life support system. And after prolonged fluctuations, the device collapsed, taking the girl’s life.   [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on November 29th, 2006

Oh God, at least in my next birth, let me be born to Sunilji and Nargisji so that I can procure rifles my height from India-loathing gangsters, be let off, and have every TV news channel anchor (and every man on the street) absolve me of my crimes actions!

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Vijay Narayanan on November 24th, 2006

This is outrageous… but outrageously funny. A kid tries to sing the national anthem, and makes a mess of it — forgets it, mixes words, tries some new words etc. Laughs guaranteed! powered by ODEO If you have trouble playing the audio from the Odeo plugin above, click here to get it. Disclaimer: If you [...]

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