Tweet Arunachal Pradesh home minister Tako Dabi has sent a proposal to the Union home ministry to setup a special army regimnt comprising of Eunuchs. This idea definitely takes the prize for being the out of the box idea of the year. Apparently, “most eunuchs don’t have families and can be selfless… A...
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Nitish vs Modi. Round 1.
Tweet Nitish Kumar is angry. Very angry. How dare Narendra Modi put up a poster showing them holding hands (awww…)? This when the Bihar Chief Minister had been eyeing the Muslim vote ahead of the assembly election. Apparently, Modi should have taken Kumar’s permission before using his picture in the ad. Now after this...
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Delhi’s T3 Has It All Figured Out
Tweet 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...
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Outsourcing the Womb
Tweet 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...
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Hrithik Ko Gussa Kyon Aaya
Tweet 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...
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Allah Be Praised, Its All Good Now
Tweet Ever heard the phrase headless chickens? Watch this! As if the NDTV guy panting and puffing wasn’t enough, watch the Times Now crew playing in the background. Big thanks to our wonderful media whose contribution in getting Ajmal Kasab sentenced must be commended. It must have been a journalist frothing at his mouth that...
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And Science Will Set Us Free
Tweet 82 year old Prahlad Jani is a remarkable man, if his claim of living for the past 70 years without any food or water is true. Mr Jani, who claims to have left home aged seven and lived as a wandering sadhu or holy man in Rajasthan, is regarded as a ‘breatharian’ who...
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Khel Khel Mein - Solving the Indo-Pak Problems
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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Kumbh Mela - The Ultimate Cleanser
Tweet 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,...
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No Foreign Dancers Please. We’re Indian
Tweet 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...
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The Victoria Has Her Way
Tweet This must be a slap on every proud Mumbaikar’s face. Raj Thackeray apparently referred to the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus as - horror of horrors - VT! (Victoria Terminus, the name the goras left us with). This is totally unacceptable. What next? Will they start calling the city ‘Bombay’? Oh dear god, where art...
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Outsourcing Goes Reverse Gear
Tweet This made an interesting news report. The Indian government has placed an order of 12 AW01 helicopters that will be used for ferrying our VIPs, at a jaw dropping cost of EUR 560 million. By my calculation thats about Rs 4000 crore. The huge order for VVIP helicopters from Agusta Westland could save...
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A Middle Finger to Indian Hockey?
Tweet For the past few weeks the Hero Honda Hockey jingle has been playing non stop on radio stations. You would think India must be on the verge of winning the world cup. Ha! dil mein dam bhar lo, fir dil ko hockey ko Win the cup they didn’t, but to their credit the...
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The Case Of The Exploding Tandoors
Tweet Breaking News: Fans of Chicken Tikka Masala beware. The tandoor in your favorite desi restaurant may not be safe. These ill-maintained tandoors have been blowing up all over Birmingham of late. As if the damage to their digestive system from the super spicy Indian food wasnt bad enough, food patrons now have to...
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World’s Most Powerful People
Tweet Forbes, the magazine famous for compiling lists of the world’s best/most/biggest/richest people/organizations just gave us a new compilation. The world’s most powerful people. In compiling our first ranking of the World’s Most Powerful People, we wrestled with these questions-and many more-before deciding to define power by four dimensions. First, do they have influence...
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