This is for those of you who have seen the end of a gym contract and have been enticed to renew. Go read this one. Come back if you haven’t fallen off laughing.
Dear Jeff,
Thankyou for your friendly reminder and the kind offer to reduce my membership by twenty percent. I own a calculator but I could [...]
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Shruthi thanks motherhood for helping her appreciate her mother even more.
My mother – I know that I was not a very easy child – stubborn, lazy, and yes, rude too. Yet, I can count on my fingers the number of times my mother has lost her temper with [...]
A Window Into the Past
Published by May 10th, 2009 in Books, Culture, History and Society. 0 CommentsPlus Ultra posts an excerpt from the book “Sketches of India, written by an Officer for Fireside Travellers at Home”.
Published in 1821, it gives a fantastic description of the life and style of native in Madras at that time.
There is a group of native women returning to their houses with water : they are of [...]
When he donned the cowboy hat and walked, Feroz Khan set new benchmarks for the style quotient in Bollywood.
The Mad Momma recalls “I found Vinod Khanna much hotter – but Feroz Khan had style like no one did. Not the Big B, not Dharmendra, no one. … he was exactly the kind of guy to [...]
Some light moments regarding the Swine Flu Scare, at Rambling with Bellur.
Fake IPL Player gives you the inside view of what is going on in South Africa.
Here are some of the clinchers.
… We have reached the stadium for the opening ceremony. Our owner Mr. Vinnie Dildo is here with his ravishing wife (My…she’s hot) and his son. Haven’t seen the rest of his bumchums yet… We [...]
Elections – A Farce?
Published by April 25th, 2009 in Democracy, General Elections 2009 and India. 0 CommentsHip Hop Grandmom tried to cast her vote, but could not find her booth. I bet she isn’t the only one.
I checked the internet and visited the concerned site. It opened a page with 255 booths listed and asked me to click on my booth. Had I known the number of my booth I’d have [...]
As India’s most successful cricket captain walks into the sunset, Suresh Menon at Cricinfo narrates how, with illustrious contemporaries like Tendulkar and Dravid, he had to bring his other qualities out to the fore.
“Like Tiger, he initiated a self-confidence movement in the team. He got the players to believe in themselves, supported the youngsters, and [...]
Sanjay Subramanyan asks some relevant questions following the sacking of Charu Sharma from the Bangalore Royal Challengers and the release of five players from the Kolkata Knight Riders.
… these stories highlight the thing that BCCI never did. How many times have the BCCI pulled up its players for non performance? How many times have team selection [...]
Gowri laments how IPL turned her family topsy-turvy.
Her daughter goes
‘I support Uthappa at all times. So I’ll always cheer for his team. Except’ she pauses significantly, ‘except when his team plays against Chennai Super Kings – because Chennai is my birth place! When Chennai and Uthappa’s team are not playing against Royal Challengers, I’ll always [...]
Madras Wanderer visits Melghat and brings back spellbinding photographs.
It was the time of freedom, and everything seemed to be at a standstill. We caught what we thought were fishes (but were actually tadpoles) in a nearby pond, played hide and seek, buried our feet in the warm sand from a construction site next door, or searched for small conches and did craftwork. As [...]
Maddy recalls a hilarious experience of one of his friends, when they first came to Istanbul.
Soon the house was set, the stove was up and running and the ‘sadam’ preparation was in full steam…Turkish yoghurt was a perfect accompaniment and curd rice came along famously. However our Mallu boy had his personal share [...]
Mashed Musings finds it quite entertaining -
This is one of the most believable and relevant superhero movies of recent times, something which comes very close to what Spider-Man was. A cast which melt into their roles, dazzling special effects and terse dialogues make this movie worth a watch. The special effects look [...]
Ageless Bonding turns 50, and wonders why 50 can’t be just that, instead of being the new 40.
• At 40 it comes as a shock when a 25 year old calls you “aunty”; at 50 nothing affects you – not even when the 40 year old neighbour calls you aunty.
• People’s expectations from you are a [...]
In a post that starts off with a humorous analogy, Plus Ultra quotes Dr. Atul Gawande, in what seems to be the toughest part of being a doctor – the knowledge that the slightest mistake will be fatal, and irreversible.
In surgery, as in anything else, skill and confidence are learned through experience- haltingly and humiliatingly. [...]
For the ’sms generation’ which feels anything more than four lines is a lecture, Sayesha has what she calls executive summaries of Kabir’s two-liners.
Kaal karey so aaj kar, aaj karey so ab
Pal mein pralaya hoyegi, bahuri karega kab?
Rough translation: Do today what’s due tomorrow. Do now what’s due today. If the moment is lost, when [...]
Dr. Rajkumar, the Kannada thespian, was known for more than just his acting skills. He was also a gifted singer, a generous philanthropist, and is often quoted as the last film star who spoke Kannada in its purest and most lucid form. He led a life simple in thought and deed, and was the epitome of humility.
At Rambling [...]
When the best payments are the ones made in kind…
Published by April 23rd, 2008 in India. 0 CommentsGowri reminisces about the two elderly characters at their tea estate – the cook and the carpenter.
The poor old man would arrive at work early in the morning, hunched up and shivering. He’d go home for his breakfast and bath and come back at around eleven o’clock, now walking straight, and actually looking younger. We [...]
Housewives. Sweaty slaves of the kitchen fires! They woke up at unearthly hours, muttered ancient prayers, and produced breakfasts, lunches and dinners in endless succession. They wore faded cotton sarees, their blouses damp with sweat. They chased and scolded and cajoled children. “Home makers” they might be – but when their husbands summoned them by [...]
BengaLooru huDuga Bikerdude gives little pointers to all those who complain about the weather in BengaLooru. Even when it is relatively pleasant than, Chennai, for example.
Don’t forget to drink as much water as you can. Try and get used to drinking room temperature water, to help acclimatize your body to the ambient temperature.
If you live on the top [...]
It is just three days into the IPL, and already we see cricket taking a backseat. IPL has become all about dancing girls, celebrity attendance, in-your-face publicity and unabashed histrionics off the field.
Pr3rna writes
“At the Ferozeshah Kotla in Delhi a crane flung Akshay Kumar from the top of the floodlight tower to the ground … There [...]
Finally at around 4 A.M. early morning, the train reaches, Thrissur a town in the coastal state of Kerala. From the station, I ply on a local bus to reach another small town Chalakudy. The early morning freshness, and the luxuriant tropical scenery which unfolds as the bus speeds towards the destination, affords me perpetual [...]
“It is quite admirable to see how the author managed to squeeze in almost all of the notable small tales that are linked to the main novel. She also does an admirable job in keeping true to the theme of biography. If an event occurred without Draupadi’s presence, she’d raconte it to us in retrospect [...]
Unable to defend himself from a Singaporean hotelier’s comments, Swaroop seeks out answers at Churumuri. Illustrating with real examples, he rakes up enormous dirt on a gamut of issues.
Education. Immigration. Public Safety. Harassment. Rowdyism and brawn. Health services. Bribery. Brain drain.
He concludes his comparison of India to Singapore (unthinkable by size, but still) with an interesting analogy to claims [...]
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