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Category Archives: Tongue In Cheek

Posted on 27 March 2020 by churumuri
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A-Z of COVID: a Crazy, Over-the-top and Very Indian Dictionary of the virus that turned you into a hostage in your own house for 3,528 hours


Sure, a virus and a disease that has killed thousands is not a laughing matter. But WTF when everybody is WFH… *** A for Antakshari Traditional time-pass of “Yale” grads …

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Posted on 31 January 2019 by churumuri
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10 hilarious tweets in response to a hilarious tweet trying to defend Narendra Modi’s biggest feat yet: the highest unemployment rate in 45 years, for the first time in 70 years


Somesh Jha‘s story of the day in Business Standard—that unemployment rose to its highest point in 45 years after the stupidest decision in post-independent India’s history: #Demonetisation—led to a strange …

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Posted on 5 September 2017 by churumuri
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10 reasons why Rahul Gandhi wants to speak about Artificial Intelligence on 9/11


The Congress party has a knack for ‘khudkhushi‘ that is beyond human understanding. First, it sends an under-prepared Rahul Gandhi to be slaughtered by an over-prepared Arnab Goswami. Then, it puts out …

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Posted on 10 July 2017 by churumuri
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Churumuri is such a difficult word, they had to use two states in the gau belt


For a blog born on this side of Mysore railway station, Churumuri’s umbilical link with trains is no secret. Two railway junctions give it an extra edge. Churu in Rajasthan; …

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Posted on 23 May 2017 by churumuri
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“For every rational Indian born every day, two ‘gau rakshaks’ arrive the same day”


Jawed Naqvi, the excellent Delhi correspondent of the Dawn, Pakistan: “I am not a superstitious person and have no faith in Zodiac signs. In fact, let me confess, when a …

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Posted on 17 May 2017 by churumuri
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Wikipedia and the clash of civilisations sparked by a quiz master from Madurai


There’s nothing quite like a nice literary spat, especially if it involves a global internet brand, two ancient civilisations, an irritated diplomat, and a newspaper column. Last month, The Hindu …

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Posted on 14 May 2017 by churumuri
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Letter from a Concerned Editor, to Sri J. Mathrubhootam, c/o The Hindu paper


Respected Sri Mathrubootham I am as surprised as you are that you should be receiving this letter. Consider it an honour.  As a class, Editors, note the capital E, Editors …

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Posted on 16 April 2017 by churumuri
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If you can be fined for not wearing the seat belt, what do you do to Narendra Modi?


The prime minister rode on the footboard of his Range Rover for over four kilometres in Bhubaneswar as he proceeded towards a meeting of his party. As ever, The Telegraph, has …

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Posted on 17 February 2017 by churumuri
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10 ways in which Modi Sarkar can hit back at Rajiv Bajaj for telling the truth


PRITAM SENGUPTA writes from Delhi: Exactly 100 days after the pradhan pilot cancelled the flight of the Indian dreamliner, mid-air, Rajiv Bajaj has broken the ‘maun vrat‘ of industrialists, businessmen …

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Posted on 28 January 2017 by churumuri
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Indian ‘presstitute’ trampled by baby elephant in Thailand; PMO hails ‘Cashless Experience’


When you are a journalist, it is ‘maha’ easy to come to the conclusion that a good life is not about getting rich or staying rich—it is about filling your …

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Posted on 13 January 2017 by churumuri
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Nine dosa burgers McDonald’s must introduce if it wants to capture our palates


What will McDonald’s proposed “dosa burger” be called?  MasalaMac? McDosald’s? Or, will they stump us by sticking with good old “McDonald’s” itself and claiming that the capital ‘M’ and capital …

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Posted on 9 July 2013 by churumuri
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Is ex-PM Deve Gowda guilty of ‘spot-fixing’?


S. Sreesanth has only just gotten out of the clutches of Delhi’s hyper-efficient police for using a hand-towel tucked into his pyjama as a sign to his bookmaker friends that …

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Posted on 22 May 2013 by churumuri
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Rama Rajya is gone. Siddarama Rajya is here.


The ascension of K. Siddaramaiah, the agnostic-socialist who visits not temples and mutts upon becoming the chief minister of Karnataka but writers and intellectuals, as seen through the words and …

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Posted on 18 October 2012 by churumuri
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When Mr Gandhi sent a message to Ms Gillard?


The Australian prime minister Jullia Gillard tripped and fell at Mahatma Gandhi‘s memorial, Rajghat, in Delhi on Wednesday after she had placed a wreath and was walking towards the television …

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Posted on 11 June 2012 by churumuri
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Designed for humans, inspired by nature?*


It certainly does not look like the iPhone or Vertu, so which mobile phone brand does N.R. Narayana Murthy (net worth $1.7 billion) secretly swear by? Could it be Samsung …

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Posted on 9 May 2012 by churumuri
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CHURUMURI POLL: Mandira, Archana or Shibani?*


Yes, it is the silly season. First we had Mandira Bedi, the wide-eyed Punjabi girl who gingerly learnt the game with experts while she adjusted her noodle-straps. Then came along …

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Posted on 2 May 2012 by churumuri
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Adolf Hitler reacts to Indian Express ‘C’ report


Just as the world was consigning the Indian Express ‘C’ report—the full page, three-deck headline, three-byline story of the coup that wasn’t—to the dustbin of history, the Fuhrer steps in. …

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Posted on 27 April 2012 by churumuri
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Ajji: ‘The only thing to fear in life is fear itself’


E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: Ajji was reading Praja Vani, once owned by Netkalappa, which was a favourite of Bangaloreans along with P.R. Ramiah’s Tayi Nadu, a long time ago. She was …

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Posted on 23 January 2012 by churumuri
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Does jail mean ‘guilty’, bail mean ‘innocent’?


E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: Ajji gawked at the TV screen as she watched the news. “What happened, Ajji? Something wrong?” “This fellow kammenwelthnalli Englandninda dodda chhatri chhatri tharisda alva?” “Yes, Ajji. …

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Posted on 14 January 2012 by churumuri
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The only reason why Yediyurappa should return


His chamchas and chelas, his followers and factotums, have dozens of reasons for B.S. Yediyurappa‘s return. But if there is one genuine reason why the newspaper reading world should forgive …

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Posted on 14 January 2012 by churumuri
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Who gives a shit to Jeremy Clarkson’s crap?


VIKRAM MUTHANNA writes: Recently Jeremy Clarkson, that giant of a man, the patronising British ‘chap’ who presents Topgear, a show about cars on BBC Entertainment, did a show in India …

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Posted on 7 January 2012 by churumuri
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Why Vodafone subscribers experience call drops*


Because the damn pug goes astray every now and then licking its lips in anticipation. Fresh evidence to back churumuri‘s relentless campaign against the commodification of women: actress Pooja Gandhi at …

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Posted on 31 December 2011 by churumuri
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Why nimma Ajji is OK with world ending in 2012


E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: Ajji was doing pooje at the Tulasi katte on the last Saturday of the year. I was sitting nearby, what with a double attack of seasonsal chill …

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Posted on 15 December 2011 by churumuri
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Ask not what your leaders have done for you…


With the year drawing to a close and Christmas close at hand, E.R. RAMACHANDRAN is in an expansive mood, compiling a list of gifts that he would like to give …

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Posted on 29 November 2011 by churumuri
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12 reasons why Ashwin didn’t take a second run


E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: Offspinnner Ravichandran Ashwin’s heroics or lack of it is was hotly discussed all across the cricket-playing parts of India over the weekend, after India drew the third …

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