Tweet Dear Bilawal ji, Pehle to wish you a very happy birthday. 26! Such a special age. Reminds me too of the time when i was young and stupid, though maybe not this much. As a special gift for your happy day, you are trending on social media and every Indian is talking about you....
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Posts Tagged ‘ Rahul Gandhi ’
Open Letter to Bilawal Bhutto
An Open Letter to Priyanka Gandhi
Tweet Dear Mrs Vadra, You are amazing. Just look at you. That nice cotton saree. Glowing complexion. Skin so white that you could be in a Fair and Lovely ad. You’re like Indira ji reborn as a Fab India dressed angel out to save India from evil communal forces. You’ve taken on the big...
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Elections 2014 - The Great Indian Circus
Tweet This election season is heating up. The debates are raging, in news studios, parks and around water coolers in offices. Decades old friendships are being broken over people’s political loyalties. The biggest question in everybody’s minds is no longer the name of the celebrity who will feature on the next episode of Koffee...
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The Importance of Being Manmohan Singh
Tweet These days it feels like the whole world is going through a lover’s tiff with our good Prime Minister. The poor guy has gone to America, popularly known in IT circles as ‘onsite’, and they still won’t leave him alone for a nice vacation to do a Hop-On-Hop-Off tour of Manhattan. First Rahul...
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From The Indian Parliament, With Love
Now that our Members of Parliament have got into the business of sending signed petitions to foreign leaders asking for denial of visas to Indian politicians, this can only lead to good things. While Narendra Modi ji might never be able to get that photo taken next to the Statue of Liberty while eating...
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Open Letter to Rahul Gandhi
Tweet Dear Rahul ji, Boss, you’ve done it. You’ve shown India that there was a reason the world didn’t end last year as predicted by the Mayans - because we had to see your magic before the world meets its maker. I have to tell you a story first. My maid came to me yesterday...
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No Reservations on Reservations
Tweet If one were to pick a single policy decision that changed the face of India in the last many years, it has to be the reservation system. Reservation for jobs. Reservation for education. Reservation for public service. All to ensure that our poor and downtrodden get to share the benefits of our growth....
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Rahul Gandhi is our Krishna
Tweet Krishna has finally taken that promised kalyuga rebirth. By all accounts, a certain son of the Gandhi clan is the latest reincarnation of the god who gave us the Geeta. The evidence is irrefutable. Take a look. Krishna is said to go out in disguise to get to know his people and their...
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Kasab Ka Insaaf
Tweet It’s been two years since that fateful day when a handful of Pakistani terrorists brought India to its knees. Today all we have to show for the 26/11 attacks is tantrum Ajmal Kasab cooling his heels in jail awaiting the death penalty. Nobody knows when he will actually get his punishment, given the...
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The Other National Awards
Tweet The National Film Awards were announced today. Amitabh Bachchan won best actor, 3 Idiots won best popular film yada yada yada. However, that’s not what we are going to talk about. There were some additional awards that never got announced. Here’s the scoop. The movie that wins the award for Best WholeSale Entertainment is Kites....
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To Amethi or not to Amethi
Tweet While we lesser minions get to carve a cake once a year, UP chief minister Mayawati carved a new district out of some parts of Uttar Pradesh last week. Good for her - she gets to consolidate her ever bulging vote bank muscle. This new district will be called Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Nagar....
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The World This Week - 17 May 2009
Tweet The great Indian elections of 2009 are over after five phases of voting spread over a month, over 400 million votes cast, several thousand candidates, and billions of dollars spent by all concerned. The massive logistical exercise ended in a massive victory for the Congress, which gained plenty of seats at the expense...
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The World This Week - 26 April 2009
Tweet The third phase of The Great Indian Election of 2009 is all set for April 30. A total of 1,567 candidates, including 101 women contestants, are in the fray for the 107 seats going to the polls in round III. UP Chief Minister Mayawati raised her case for Prime Ministership on caste grounds...
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Priyanka Gandhi Talks To Barkha Dutt
Tweet Just came across this video of Priyanka Gandhi in conversation with our beloved Barkha Dutt. The full interview on NDTV’s site is 25 minutes long, but an interesting watch. Priyanka comes across as a very smart and logical woman. She reiterates that she is never going to enter politics, and somehow we are...
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The World This Week - 5 Apr 2009
Tweet The week began on a jingoist note as the hyper nationalists of Shiv Sena attacked lawyer Anjali Waghmare because she is going to be the lawyer for 11/26 terrorist Kasab. Poor woman is just doing her job - she was appointed by the court as Kasab’s lawyer. On the positive side, now that...
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