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I WANT TO… just call their bluff
“I want to rid the world of AIDS.” “I want to make the Leaning Tower of Pisa straight.” “I want to set up the world’s biggest business, in India.” “I …
They have no business poking their heads. Do we?
Last week, BJP president Rajnath Singh, during Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala's visit, expressed dissatisfaction over the "tiny Himalayan kingdom" deciding to become a secular democracy by overturning the monarchy. "We …
MIDWEEK MASALA: The sergeant & the young lady
A crusty old Sergeant Major found himself at a gala event, hosted by a local college.There was no shortage of extremely young, idealistic ladies in attendance, one of whom approached the …
BREAKING NEWS: Govt. cheque to NICE bounces
PALINI R. SWAMY writes from Bangalore: Unbelievable as it may seem, the Rs 5 lakh cheque issued by the State Government to Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise, promoters of the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor …
CHURUMURI POLL: Ban ‘Ba Ba Black Sheep’?
The BJP regime in Madhya Pradesh has decided to ban nursery rhymes like Ba ba black sheep, Twinkle, Twinkle little star, Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Jack and Jill went up …
TOP SECRET: Who is that “senior journalist”?
For 24 hours and more, we have pondered over whether we should be asking this. But since the controversy refuses to die down, since the Congress' H.K. Patil has asked for …
15 places no tourist guide ever tells you to go to
SUNAAD RAGHURAM writes: In the jungles of Kakanakote, the shrill trumpeting of the elephant mingles with the deep, guttural rumble of the tiger’s roar. The ‘dhoink’, ‘dhoink’ of the alarmed …
22 September is Stick It Up Their Behind Day
K.S. NIKHIL KUMAR forwards this chain-mail from Poona: Petrol in Pakistan is Rs 17 per litre. In Malaysia, it's Rs 18 per litre. In India? It's Rs 51 per litre. Why …
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