December 2011
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The problem with 5 inch smartphones
November 2011
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August 2011
2 posts
Chennai Autos go everywhere
Last week, I was stuck in an unholy traffic jam near Madhya Kailash whose root cause, as I found out after trudging 100 metres in about 30 mins, was an auto trying to get through a small gap in the median to get to a point across the road ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRAFFIC. He also managed to dent the bumper of a Toyota Landcruiser in the process and took a further 10 minutes letting the Toyota...
Annalysis
Disclaimer: The turning of someone into a meme does not indicate disrespect for the person. It indicates nothing more than a desire to play around with Photoshop and show off one’s skills to the internetz. If you still get outraged, @atlasdanced is the man. This was his idea. Don’t shoot the photoshop coolie
July 2011
2 posts
Michelangelo's God again
On popular demand, here’s more of Michelangelo’s God going about his life in India
Michelangelo's God
I saw the Michelangelo God meme (http://i.imgur.com/CzqyR.jpg) and thought there might be some Indianization potential.
Update: Here’s part 2
February 2011
1 post
January 2011
1 post
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Why Americans are better than Indians at Outraging
Today, I had a conversation with the venerable @cgawker, who is venerable because he wears a tie and a turban, and more importantly, is Caucasian and therefore never has to use Fair’n’Lovely during his lifetime.
He wondered why the world looks at America as the role model for global outrage, and not in the sense that people around the world outrage at their tendency to drop bombs...
March 2010
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Marketing
Traditional marketing was like a guy with his dick hanging out asking a large group of women if any of them would like to have him.
Then some B-school professors advised them to be a little more selective. The market has segments, they said. So this guy started wearing different shirts for different groups of women, but still had his dick hanging out and asked them (with different accents)...
January 2010
2 posts
1 tag
A Day in the Life of Ali: A Shenoy
I promise. This will be the last one.
Ali was a spoiled child. His father, the town’s blacksmith, was worried. He was not a rich man and could not leave his son any meaningful inheritance that could afford the sort of charmed life that children of nobility often led. The kid had to learn to be responsible and earn his keep. That’s it, the blacksmith thought. Ali needs a daily regimen...
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The Druid Camp: A Shenoy
It was a cold winter day in Calais. The year was 1942 and the row-men in town were seething with discontent. Their boats were lying in disuse, waiting in the harbour, reeking of stale fish and memories. Business was slow, the winter was harsh and with families to feed, desperation was rife and often manifested itself as violence on the streets. A delegation of Druids was in town, and as was...
December 2009
2 posts
October 2009
3 posts
Word of the day - Pigetic Justice
So Narendra Modi has been diagnosed with Swine flu. Now, follow me on this.
Modi sees himself as a “Lion” of Gujrat.
The first part of Boss’ law states that lions come singly
But in 2002, these “lions” of Gujrat came in large mobs to slaughter several innocents.
The second part of Boss’ law states that pigs come in groups
But in 2009, a solitary pig seems...
Word of the Day - Lonelyplanetize
Verb
The process of getting a totally subject ignorant writer to put together a seemingly authoritative and dismissive review of the subject on hand.
Eg. Hey did you read Paul’s review of Indian Ocean’s live concert? He totally lonelyplanetized it dude. C’mon. “Dull, repetitive bass riffs layered on boring folk songs interrupted by interminable semi-acoustic guitar...
September 2009
13 posts
Expression of the day - Supper Matter
Macchi: Macchaan, my hostel roommate is total blade party ba
Thalaivar: Why man, any problems?
Macchi: Only problems da. Hostel food is not great, I agree, but this guy is complaining 24 hours and eating my brain only
Thalaivar: Oh
Macchi: Of all things, going after going (poiyum poi), hostel food is hardly worth complaining about da. Economy down, no jobs, useless teachers, no figures in our batch, and this guy still goes on and on about the lack of drumstick in the dinner sambar
Thalaivar: Hmm.. Supper Matter
Macchi: Thalaivaaaaaaa!!
Expression of the Day - Mind over Matter
Macchi: Maams, did you see notice board today?
Thalaivar: Why? Anything important aa?
Macchi: Do you remember that Sandhya figure? Semmai kattai and all, she used to get item girl roles in B-movies even during her 3rd year in college
Thalaivar: Oh yes. What about her?
Macchi: She is now a Rhodes scholar da. Full foreign scholarship. Whatay change no?
Thalaivar: Ah. Mind over Matter
Macchi: Thalaivaaa!!!
Expression of the Day: Figure of Speech
Macchi: Dei, today is the inter-college debate competition da
Thalaivar: Oh, like that. From our college any participants aa?
Macchi: Yes da. One total Mary party from 2nd year commerce. She is too good thalaiva. Both good looking and hi-fi english speaking
Thalaivar: Oh. Figure of Speech aa?
Macchi: Thalaivaaaa!!!
Word of the Day - Pongaloid
adjective
resembling, in appearance, consistency and general molecular disposition, Pongal, a rice and lentil dish from South India.
Khichdi is pongaloid Dude, I wanted to make Pulao, but I sort of overestimated the amount of water the pressure cooker required, and now, it’s totally pongaloid What? We’ve run out of glue? Quick, get me something pongaloid Parthasarathy Temple in...
August 2009
5 posts
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Pwnage nahin possible hai
I recently learnt that Hindi has no equivalent of the verb “own”. You could say:
This house is mine - यह घर मेरा है
But not
I own this house.
You could do some rope tricks and say things like
I am the owner of this house - मैं इस घर का मालिक हूँ
But you can’t say
I own this house
And therefore, it follows that one cannot also say
I pwned you
So I ask you - in...
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Big Bangalore Theory
With the wife and assorted ladies deciding to engage in large-scale transfer of hard-earned wealth to garment merchants in T-Nagar over the weekend, I did what seemed like the most natural thing to do - watch all episodes of Big Bang Theory. I enjoyed the geeky, often-science-centric humour and was pleasantly surprised that a mainstream TV show could actually cash-in on Nerdvana and Geekdom, and...
June 2009
2 posts
Nine Yards
Alledgedly overheard at a Tambram household - “To be a true Tambram girl, you must go the whole nine yards”
Newton's oft-abused Law
Every once in a while, I hear some one in my family quote Issac Newton. No, not on the subject of differential calculus or the gravitational constant, but the Third Law of motion. Yes, the one that sounds so metaphysical that it could pretty much to apply to anything. Here are a few sample misquotes of the law
1. The Karmic edition - He will pay for his mistakes. In this universe, every action in...
March 2009
2 posts
February 2009
1 post
The six step guide for desi douchebags to avoid...
This comes from years of participating in online conversations. Since they hate getting pwned, Desi Douchebags usually use this 6-step guide.
1. Use Non-sequiturs - “VP Singh is the single biggest reason for the sorry state of Indian education”
2. Appeal to Emotion - “Your argument would mean that serial killers should be allowed to set up creches for children.
3. Ad Hominem
...
December 2008
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