Emotionally Speaking

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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Suggestions for the Hindu newspaper [letter to the Readers’ Editor]

THE HINDU NEWSPAPER: SUGGESTIONS/CRITICISM/CRITIQUE [DATED JUNE 2006] I am a regular reader of the HIndu newspaper [Delhi edition] since many many years. But I also strongly believe that despite all the goodness, the HIndu newspaper deserves a lot of criticism. It is a dull, boring and unentrepreneurial newspaper in more ways than one. I love [...]

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Arindam Chaudhuri & Shiv Khera

I am writing this post mainly with an eye on my friends in the university who rarely look beyond the politicians while lamenting the country’s plight.  Next time they talk to me about these luminaries, I’ll ask them to read this post. Most of what I have written is widely available on the internet. Please [...]

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