Monthly Archive for November, 2005

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Insignificant Us

Published on November 10, 2005 in Blogs and Media. 33 Comments

Yesterday. The ultimate heist. 4 of India’s most dangerous criminals meet in a shadowy bar in Delhi (Bar-ista)—-the sinister Vulture , the recurring 2.499999 and 2 other people whose name we cannot divulge. And there was another man—a mysterious figure calling himself James. For those who have seen the legendary “Chamiya” , this name inspires terror. Those who have not seen it, you are better off not knowing.

Today. The Times of India comes out with an expose. Yes they may have missed the match fixing scandal, the shadowy defense deal. Hell they may have even missed Shakti Kapoor’s “Aooo sharmao mat” come-on line. But never too late to start—-so here it is. MSM goes under cover to bust a Blogger’s Meet.

Confused? Don’t be. Delhi Times reporter James aka Ranjan Gumnam sorry Yumnam pretended to be a newbie blogger and attended a Delhi blog meet. Deep undercover, he asked some questions and came back and wrote a less-than-complimentary piece in TOI. I shall link to his blog first where you can check out his justification and his piece. [ Note: A single post blog reminiscent of a few "we love ponytails" blogs that sprung up with one post in October.]

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“No More” Machaye Shor

Published on November 8, 2005 in Blogs, Comedy, Creative Writing, India and Politics. 20 Comments

An extract from Natwarlal ‘s blog “Mere paas aao mere doston ek kissa suno” somewhere in the blogosphere.
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I miss the good old days. Siyaram Kasturi used to do the groceries, R Dhanbaan used to cut the onions , Moonekay Gandhi was a model in a towel, and Indura was India. Television was under our control, the PM used to be the RJ-in-chief on Akashvani and I used to sit, legs curled up behind me thinking of 20 points for the latest garibi jamboree program.

There were two superpowers in the world, the people who took money from both of them called themselves the “Non Aligned Movement” and all our conversations consisted of the “North South dialogue”, “the have and the have nots” and ” Get rid of poverty”.

Committees were called Politburos and “Gimme Red” meant another suitcase full of cash had arrived from the Kasturba Gandhi Briddhashram (which the world used to know as the KGB).

You needed a license to scratch your balls and red tape held the country together. And most of all, there was respect.

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Call Centers Are Slave Ships?

Published on November 5, 2005 in Corporate, India, Society and Technology. 49 Comments

Oh those poor BPO workers—the ones that make salaries that qualified freshie engineers envy, the ones that flaunt state-of-the-art electronic gadgets, eat out at fancy joints, strut their stuff at the discoes. It seems that their actual state is comparable to those of galley slaves in ancient Rome and to prisons in the 19th century.

Aww those sugar bunnies.

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Stop Press: The “Badshah”rukh Khan is 40 !

Published on November 2, 2005 in Bollywood and Comedy. 33 Comments

After Christmas comes Boxer’s Day. And after Diwali comes Shahrukh-Divas—November 2nd : the day King Khan was born in a manger somewhere in India precisely one month after the day Bapuji was born.

All desi online media is just full of it. Nothing else matters. The Badshah has turned 40.

From Rediff: On November 2, Bollywood’s badshah Shah Rukh Khan will turn 40. To celebrate the grand occasion, rediff.com asked readers to send in their SRK experiences, if they had ever met the star.

“Grand occasion” indeed.

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