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Mail Today and HT err in keeping tabs on Twitter followers of popular Indians

I have come across two major instances where Indian newspapers have made an error in reporting the number of Twitter followers for popular Indians. I am also planning to publish a post on instances of plagiarism by the Indian media/newspapers that I keep running into while surfing the internet/blogs. Mail Today says Priyanka first Indian [...]

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Urdu Hai Jiska Naam: Get a free DVD set on the story of the Urdu Language

Update/Addendum [10 November 2009]: This thing no more works and the post has been suitably edited. I have been informed by the Office of the concerned OSD, MEA that it is for the circulation in embassies and missions abroad among other things including the promotion of our secular credentials. The news had spread by word [...]

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Shashi Tharoor says ‘sorry’ in solidarity with all our holy cows!

Click here to read the part I of the report which has snapshots from his twitter account about the ‘cattle class holy cows’ controversy raked up by people who do not understand and appreciate humour!

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Shashi Tharoor and the Holy Cows controversy: Congress’s sense of humour is pathetic

Trouble is brewing over Shashi Tharoor’s tongue-in-cheek twitter remark to a question by journalist Kanchan Gupta [associate editor, the Pioneer] asked on September 14 2009, 11:57 PM on Twitter. The journalist had asked him if Tharoor will be travelling by cattle class in his next visit to Kerela! For the uninitiated [and this may include [...]

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I m halal, the first ever Search Engine for Muslims : A first-hand report

Dutch company AZS media group ltd on 1 September 2009 has launched ‘Imhalal’ : the first even search engine for Muslims “after seven months of intensive development!” This is my experience of the search engine on 6 September 2009 [time about 6 pm IST]. The official word on the search engine This is what the [...]

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So, why did SM win 8 Oscars?!

Because “the heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of!” Slumdog Millionaire deserved a few Oscars only, in my humble opinion. But what the heck, I am delighted! 8 Oscars boy! Bhagwan jab deta hai chhapar phaad ke deta hai! The power of human emotions can really overwhelm. It is a telltale sign that [...]

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