Tweet Dear Katju sir, Every generation has a rockstar. Our parents had Rajesh Khanna. Our grandparents had Bhagat Singh. Today’s kids have weird Japanese cartoon characters. But my generation, the one of gruelling IIT coaching and campus placements, might have just found its very own hero. You. Your highness. Your awesomeness. Your amazingness. Look at...
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Tags: Hindus are communal, Indians are idiots, Katjuisms, markandey katju, Muslims are communal, NaMo is a criminal
Posted in Open Letters, Satire | 22 Comments »
Tweet This winter I have spent a lot of my free time sitting in front of the computer thinking of writing, but just haven’t been able to take my hands out of my pockets. It’s been so damn...
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Tags: cold wave, delhi, global warming, harsh weather, the benefits of winter, winetrs
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Tweet Dear Mayan people, The world did not end. Thank you for nothing. Actually, thank you for giving us the biggest disappointment since Tushar Kapoor. I mean, what the hell? Do you know the damage your miscalculation has caused us humans? The world will end. The world will end. The world will end. Been hearing this...
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Tags: 2012, disappointment, doomsday, mayan calendar, why did the world not end in dec 2012
Posted in Open Letters, Satire | No Comments »
Tweet Today’s newspaper was full of fliers. There were the usual property dealer ads, fancy gyms that offered to make you lose 50 kg by burning money instead of fat and the chamatkari baba...
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Tags: happy new year, new year bash
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As per the Mayans, the world is to end this month. Here's a look at the lessons Hollywood disaster movies have taught us about how to survive when everything around is collapsing, flyovers are falling apart, tsunamis are wreaking havoc, and the end is nigh.
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Tags: 2012, apocalypse, disaster movies, end of the world, hollywood, lessons learnt, mayan, Satire
Posted in Satire | 3 Comments »
A dummy's guide to the Punjabi Wedding, with full inside scoops on all that goes on behind the scenes, in front of the camera and at the dinner buffet. A must read, this wedding season.
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Tags: food, gold, paneer tikka, photographer overdose, portable bar, Punjabi, wedding
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YOLO, or 'You Only Live Once' is apparently the rage with youngsters these days. Here's my account of how i tried incorporating it in my life for the coolness quotient. Didnt work very well though.
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Tags: things kids do, yolo, you only live once
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This Diwali, spare a moment for the brave few who will celebrate the festival stuck in traffic on our busy roads. Also read on to find out possible strategies to ease the pain, and get the best out of your Diwali gifts.
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Tags: diwali, diwali gift, reuse, road rage, socialize, traffucking
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A satirical take on how kids get pushed into a rat race of a different sort, thanks to pushy parents, neighbors who compare performances of kids and energy drink ads that make it appear that not being a genius makes you a loser.
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Tags: bournvita, children, competition, let them play, parenting, peer pressure, pesky parents, rat race, Satire, taiyari jeet ki
Posted in Satire, ToICrest | 8 Comments »
A satirical look at how Facebook is changing the way we look at relationships, and how people's political beliefs affect their behavior on social media platforms.
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Tags: anna hazare, facebook, Satire, social media, unfollow, unfriend
Posted in Satire, ToICrest | 2 Comments »
For the hardcore addicts, Twitter is all about RTs, sly tweets, building up armies of followers and fretting over unfollows. This is a satirical look at how some people can't think beyond tweets and retweets.
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Tags: addiction, diary, follower, retweet, RT, twitter, unfollower
Posted in Satire, ToICrest, Twitter | 3 Comments »
Tweet Dear Shri Robert Vadra ji, I know you’re in the news for corruption and tax evasion charges, but don’t let that bog you down. You are bigger than that, and we are with you. And of course, there’s the union cabinet to take care of that. Salman hai na? [I am guessing that in...
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Tags: dlf, kejriwal, marry wisely, priyanka gandhi, robert vadra, scam
Posted in Open Letters, Satire | 84 Comments »
Tweet The past few weeks have been disturbing. Riots in Assam. A minor riot in Mumbai. A prolonged curfew in Bareilly, and god knows what other small towns. Crackdown on social media. The iPhone 5 has still not been launched. To make it worse, my favorite people have been voted out of Jhalak Dikhla Ja....
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Tags: exodus, facebook, GOIBlocks, India, nation, north-east, parody, riots, social media, twitter, Unity in Diversity
Posted in Current Affairs, Satire | 4 Comments »
Tweet The Olympic fever is on. While India has sent a sizable contingent of sportspeople and officials, people like Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps are alone expected to win more medals than all of India, the nation of a billion people. We appreciate that the true spirit of Olympics lies in participation, on which...
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Tags: india at olympics, indian bike driver stunt, indians are experts at outrage, indians crib so much, london, olympics, onlooker, shooting
Posted in Satire | 2 Comments »
Tweet Alien Report to Mothership: What Indian Ads tell us about these Earthlings Re: XAZ8943 (my ID) submitting Report to the Bureau of Invasions & Analysis at Xargabhumi, after 12 months of review. Coordinates: India. Selected for study due to its large population, expected to be a representative enough sample of earthlings. Also to...
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Tags: indian ads
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