Emotionally Speaking

Don’t miss the Hindu-TOI ad war

Anyone who loves newspapers and knowing about them would not have missed the recent Hindu-TOI advertisements directed at each other. It all started when a Times of India, Chennai mocked Hindu in its video ad TVC for being soporific. The Hindu retorted with a funny TVC (said to be inspired by DNA AfterHrs ad) which [...]

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Maiden Bollywood Flash Mob in Helsinki, Finland

Not many Indians know that the love of Bollywood and Indian culture and things has smitten many Finns. I know many (including one of my best friends) who love the Indian films, food, music and culture. Recently, Finalnd (Helsinki) added to the list of rising Bolly flash mobs in India and abroad. A number of [...]

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The funny political ads of Congressman H Vasanthakumar

H Vasanthakumar, a Congress political personality from South India is someone readers of Hindu newspaper cannot forget. Very often he takes out front page newspaper advertisement ridiculously praising the Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Very recently (Sunday, January 1, 2012, Delhi edition) he took out a full page ad “we remain madamji at your feet” , [...]

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Poem on Anna Hazare

The following Hindi poem on Anna Hazare has been written by JNU Student Rashwet Shrinkhal. The poem praises Anna Hazare and points out how the crusader is helping the nation. This poem was his response to a critical poem lampooning Anna Hazare on the net (Read the negative poem on Jairam Shukla’s blog) Excerpts: मैं [...]

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Some recent films that I have seen and recommend

1. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (ZNMD): Absolutely must watch! I watched it twice in the PVR Priya cinema hall. I haven’t had so much fun watching a Hindi film in recent months. Watch it with family and friends.  Great dialogues, great acting especially by Farhan Akhtar and Hrithik. 2. Singham: Good action, tight script and [...]

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Quick rhymes on Osama’s death

These rhyming lines were written after Osama bin Laden’s death. These are just funny rhymes written mindlessly taking cue from newspaper reports. This will be useful for anyone looking for political humour, political rhymes, or poems/rhymes/slogans on Obama/Osama. The following lines also criticise Pakistan for obvious reasons. Osama is dead, Obama has said ‘Davy Jones’ [...]

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