How do you ensure the success of the biggest airport terminal ever built in India? By invoking the gods, going by Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL)’s example. Pujas and hawans were performed for five days at the ramp leading to the new terminal, which is scheduled to be inaugurated on July 3. More than...
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Tags: delhi T3 terminal, DIAL T3 IGIA, IGIA airport, IGIA modernisation, India's biggest airport
Posted in DesiPundit, Jai Ho | 10 Comments »
For many childless couples all over the world, India is becoming the go-to place. We may have started off outsourcing software development, but now we are reaching new avenues. This is outsourcing taken to a new level. We are now outsourcing little babies. Cant have kids? No problemo. We can do that for you....
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Tags: anand, anand surrogate clinic, india outsourcing surrogacy, infertility, surrogate mothers in anand, womb of the world
Posted in DesiPundit, Jai Ho | 21 Comments »
Good evening ladies and gents, this is Jhatka Butt reporting live from Shirdi, on your favorite news channel, the WTF Network. We The Fearless. When Jhatka Is Here, There Is No Fear. (*stare into camera for 5 seconds) In today’s breaking news, Hrithik Ko Gussa Kyon Aaya? Just why is actor Hrithik Roshan so...
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Tags: hrithik misbehaves with media, Hrithik Roshan, indian media sucks, kites, media for president, shirdi
Posted in DesiPundit, Happenings, Indian Media Circus | 9 Comments »
India and Pakistan are in the midst of massive war games along the Thar desert. Within a misfired shot from each other.
This could be a great chance to resolve the conflict once and for all. Both countries can then return the unused ammunition wherever it came from, and use the money to feed...
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Tags: azm-e-nau, india pakistan wargames, indo-pak war gane, thar desert, wargame, yodha shakti
Posted in DesiPundit, Happenings | 8 Comments »
There’s a Kumbh Mela going on these days at Haridwar. For the ones that didn’t know, the Kumbh Mela is a one stop shop to wash away all your sins in the Ganga. Apparently once upon a time a drop of amrit (the elixir of life) got spilt at four places Haridwar, Nasik, Ujjain,...
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Tags: haridwar, india tourism, kumbh mela, stampede at kumbh mela, vips at haridwar
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This man is fast becoming a legend. Here’s rounding up this weekend’s Raj Thackeray double bill. This time he is taking on the conspiracy of the vile gori dancers out there to take away the rozi roti of the struggling Bollywood extra. Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), a Mumbai nationalist street gang and political...
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Tags: mns, raj thackeray, rakhi sawant
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Every once in a while somebody sends out an email to a mailing list that turns out to span the entire office. Very often this results in a barrage of emails from people asking to be removed from this mailing list. Fun begins when the thread explodes with people asking others to refrain from...
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Tags: corporate life, office fun, office humor
Posted in DesiPundit, Masti Vasti | 17 Comments »
Can you truly recreate a legend? Probably not. But you can certainly try! Most of my generation grew up listening to that immortal classic Mile Sur Mera Tumhara back in the days of Doordarshan. That song/video will forever remain one of the most amazing memories of my childhood, never failing to give me the goosebumps....
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Tags: mile sur mera tumhara, phir mile sur, phir mile sur mera tumhara, republic day, zoom tv
Posted in DesiPundit, Videos | 26 Comments »
The latest Aamir Khan starrer 3 Idiots is being widely acclaimed as one of the best movies of recent times. I managed to catch a show last week, and came back impressed. Not just impressed. I learnt a lot from the movie. What follows is ten important lessons in life that the movie taught...
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Tags: 3 idiots, aamir khan, bollywood best movie of 2009, kareena kapoor, madhavan, sharman joshi
Posted in DesiPundit, Movie Shovie | 29 Comments »
My name is Kalpana. A weird incident happened earlier this week as i was going home after getting my hair done. I saw a car burning on the road, and i think there was someone inside. I have seen a lot in my years on Delhi roads, but nothing comes close to this one....
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Tags: delhi car burn, delhi car burn woman dead, delhi people, delhi traffic, insensitive delhi, WTF!
Posted in DesiPundit, Saadi Delhi | 26 Comments »
Ram Kadam, the mustachioed warrior out to protect Marathi Asmita assaulted Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Azmi while the latter was taking his oath as member of the Maharashtra assembly. The reason was that Azmi refused to pay any heed to the MNS warning to all MLAs to take their oaths in Marathi, and proceeded...
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Posted in DesiPundit, Politic Sholitic | 32 Comments »
Of late I have taken to hunting. In a big way. No fancy rifles for me. A Lakhani Hawai Chappal does a great job!
The best part is that the more i kill, the more there seem to be. Its like the akshay patra of Mahabharata, the bowl that was always full of food. Somewhere...
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Tags: delhi health problems, dengue malaria, india health problems, mosquito hazard, mosquito menace, mosquitoes in india
Posted in DesiPundit | 13 Comments »
So you thought you will just pick up your bags and move back to India? Not so fast, tough guy.
Returning to India is a very complicated decision that must be taken very carefully. Here's a compilation of things to do while moving back to India.
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Posted in DesiPundit, Return To India | 41 Comments »
Indian kids are a very creative lot, going by the shortlisted entries out of several thousand submissions for the Google Doodle contest.
Check out what India means to our young ones, and vote for your favorite design!
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Tags: childrens day, google design india doogle, google doodle competition, my india google
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