In the latest episode of “Asathapovadhu Yaaru?” on Sun TV, a few of the participants were seen taking potshots at Vijay TV. Anyone following the show would know that the team working with Sun TV was previously involved with Vijay, which actually brought them to the fore in the first place. So to say, a […]
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How do you tell rice how to handle a pressure cooker situation?
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What would Russia have been called if they had chosen laissez faire economics instead of Communism?
So-be-it Union.
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Any reaction to Jose Mourinho’s departure from Chelsea would be lame if it did not take into account the distinction between Mourinho the man and Mourinho the manager. The former was charismatic, rich, good-looking, arrogant, had a great job, insanely popular and could talk as he pleased - in short, all you wanted to be. […]
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The “Wow” starts here… except for some pretty stupid math.
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… the recently announced Formula One Indian Grand Prix of 2010 (New Delhi) is that it becomes instant fodder for all those buggers who will now protest “Millions of Indians don’t have proper roads. Should we spend money on building an F1 circuit?”
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Today I ran into someone who claimed to have had a few years of formal training in Carnatic music. When I asked him if he would rate Tyagaraja’s “Endharo Mahanubhavulu” as a favorite kriti of his, he said, “What was that?” “Not even heard of it” was next response to the quizzical look on my […]
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This happened in class yesterday. A new person had joined, and he was introducing himself. He was from Nigeria. When he said that, one lady popped up this question: “So, tell me one good thing about Nigeria. Because whatever we hear about your country is all bad.”
The reply went as follows: “Well, I’ll tell you […]
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What do we do when the adoption barrier to a system is the selfsame people for whose benefit the system is being implemented?
Let’s say that a CIO wants to implement a Web 2.0 system in his organization to help employees collaborate better among themselves. The technology to be used, the physical infrastructure etc are all […]
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… is THE lyricist nonpareil.
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Why does Amazon.com have to say “Hello Vijay. If you’re not Vijay, click here“. Well, what if I’m Vijay, but I just wanted to sign out? Crazy!
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Legend has it that when the French complained to their queen Marie Antoinette that they didn’t have bread to eat, she asked them to eat cakes. The newly-built US Embassy building in Baghdad is a throwback to that age of simmering contempt and discontent which crescendoed with the French Revolution.
Martin Fletcher describes the shameless way […]
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Shane Warne has compiled his list of the top 50 cricketers, for The Times. The final ten has 5 cricketers from Australia (Warnie hasn’t included his name in the list), but there are no prizes for guessing who’s numero uno:
You have to watch India in India truly to appreciate the pressure that Sachin Tendulkar […]
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