Without any undue story-buildup, let me present some interesting phrases which are easily encountered in day-to-day conversation and which make a person, not so gifted in the mental faculties like me, think about their meaning and even relevance to the present situation: 1. "Like whatever dude" : I hereby contest that mankind in all its [...]
Monthly Archives: December 2006
Trend-follower
"LOL !!!. I m a gr8 frnd LOL !!!. Smart, senzitiv nd kool LOL !!!.........." Minus some exaggeration, this is how the profile of one of my friends went during my Orkut days. The moment I saw this, I thought, well, he goes into the quarantined list from this moment onwards. The problem with this [...]
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Federer plays Cricket
http://in.rediff.com/sports/2006/dec/23roger.htm (Federer plays cricket) Man!!! If ever there was a news snippet which ruled like crazy, this is it. Most of my friends, even after being Indians, somehow inexplicably are woefully ignorant of the glory of the best game on the planet. They say that the game is suited only for lazy people like me. [...]
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What is all this hoopla for ?
First of all, let me clarify that this post is not the result of the weary imaginations of a disgruntled soul harbouring jealous feelings against IITs and IITians. If it serves to strengthen my point of view by giving it a more impartial tinge and if I may mention it without seeming to be a [...]
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सहमी सी इक नज़्म के सहमे हुये अल्फ़ाज़ कतरों में सिमटती हुई, मन की इक आवाज़ आँखों में सर्द रोशनी की आख़री किरन दम तोड़ते हुये दिल की आख़री धड़कन बस एक इनायत की नज़र कर तो दो सरकार जीना तो था बेकार यहाँ, मौत तो हो साकार ! ज़ालिम तेरे ज़ुल्मों कि ये अब [...]
Addled Ads
There are few things in this world which irk me more than those supposedly made-for-the-masses American advertisements which seem to insult my intelligence by being extraordinarily dumb. They are not the kind of dumb that you see permeating the portals of the world in the guise of under the age of 15 boys who wholeheartedly [...]
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Hell currified
Remember the last time when you were at a friend's place for dinner and were served with so bad a dish that you almost wished to have rather taken birth as the chicken on your plate rather than the one who had to eat that chicken. Think of that dish which made you envy the [...]
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Thus spoke Bill
"You will find your own ethical dilemmas in all parts of your lives, both personal and professional. We all have different desires and needs, but if we don't discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled. Sooner or later, we are all asked to compromise ourselves [...]
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Intellectual Inertia of the Indian Intelligentsia
It is 9:00 in the night and you are going to have a nice little dinner with your family. You sit down in a comfortable chair and press the red button that sends the television blaring its cacophony at 73 decibles of ear-shredding noise. You hope to be entertained but what you find on the [...]
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