I can either buy a car or a parking spot for it

"“I can either buy a car or a parking spot for it” Parking in Bombay is one hell of a problem. A friend of mine bought a house about an year ago and the price he paid for a parking spot in the building was...

Attend Abhishek and Aishwarya's wedding for 20000 bucks

"Attend Abhishek and Aishwarya's wedding for 20000 bucks. “Send an SMS to congratulate Abhishek and Aishwarys on their engagement and win a chance to attend thir wedding. Hurry, phone lines open till 9.30 pm only!” The Indian media seems to covering only one news and that...

The roots of Dalit rage

"The roots of Dalit rage The symbolism of Dalit politics is a tactical response to the threat of violence lurking beneath the surface of Indian democracy. The benevolent tolerance that caste Hindu society affects may well be misplaced. by | Sukumar Muralidharan In January...

Theatre serves the nation

"Theatre serves the nation Another year of the Prithvi theatre festival brings all of India to the stage. by | Uma Mahadevan-Dasgupta Six decades ago, when Zohra Sehgal asked Prithviraj Kapoor why his traveling theatre company was called Prithvi Theatres, in the plural, he...

Bombay-A City of Dreams - an image gallery

There is always more to an image than meets the eye and that is exactly what the accompanying text by the photographer explains in this image gallery of Bombay-A City of Dreams. Some really good images with even...

To phir Cheatercock kaun hai?

" “Mentioning the same feature over and over again to show your products as something full of nice features is not nice.” In a classroom, there are two chubby kids sitting next to each other. One of them...

In bhool-bhulian galion mein apna bhi kabhi ghar hoga..

" “Want to own a house in Bomaby but can't afford one? Never mind. Make an illegal hut and just hope the government will rehabilitate you” Buying a house is a dream everyone has and for a lot of people it...

All you have to do is ask

" “Have a complaint as a consumer, go to the shop or business who gave you substandard product and services and ask for refund or replacement and don't forget to take a camera with you to take a few...

Isn't there a school for thieves?

" “You commit a crime, no one reports it but you still get caught. I think may be you should consider a different career.” There are a couple of incidents in the past few days that made me wonder how dumb...

When you feel your best is behind you

" “A lot of people may not agree with him but Amitabh Bachchan feels that 2006 was the best year for him so far. When do you think was best time in your work life?” In the newspaper today I read the headline of an article on Amitabh Bachchan saying that 2006 was by far...

50th death of anniversary of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar...and 54 years of dividing ...

" United we stand, divided we fall. We all know this and willingly choose to be divided and fall. Free Will? At the time of independence a provision was made to provide some help to the people from Schedule cast and tribes. There was a reservation for them in schools,...

Alistair Pereira-Grim reaper in a Mitsubishi

Check out bigger picture at <a href="http://www.picturejockey.com/pblog/2006/12/top.html">Picturejockey</a> " “He sent seven people to heaven, everyone wants him to be punished, does anyone want to make the roads safer?” I wanted to write about it when it...

Having your cake and eating it too

" “or should I say selling your cake and retaining it too because this is exactly what happened at Birdy's last Sunday. ” Last Sunday Manu turned 2 and one very obvious thing we had to do was to buy a cake....

Are you sure you are not spamming?

" “You think the mails you have send are not spam or the links you have added are valid. Think again. Maybe your best intentions are considered spam by your audience” Sometime, in our eagerness to share something with the rest of the world we may end up doing things that...

So are you invited to the wedding of Ash and Abhishek?

" “This is literally Begani shaadi mein Abdulla diwana. I don't know why so many people are getting so excited about the wedding of Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai” I don't understand this. There are people, especially people in media who are going crazy about the...
 

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