Tickle the funny bone, I say

I believe we live in a humorless nation. (I feel like a modern Martin Luther King with that start…Sheesh!) Anyway here goes – Here, it doesn’t take much to be regarded as witty or to amuse an ordinary person; and on the flipside – to offend somebody in an innocent attempt to be funny. 
I grew [...]

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The Dacoit with a Heart

It is often said that while auto rickshaw drivers in Bangalore can be called robbers, the ones in Chennai are no less than dacoits. I can vouch for that, being a Bangalorean now living in Chennai. Could even author a biography on their awfulness.  
For those in the know, a character sketch would be redundant. But [...]

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Indenglish

We’ve all heard of Hinglish. English with a touch of Hindi, mixed so appropriately that it hardly sounds unusual. “Mood kharab ho gaya”, “Mera toh bad luck hi kharab hai” are some of them. 
 But there’s another version of Indianised English too. In the strict sense, it’s purely English; it only uses English words and there’s [...]

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The afterthought…

So my first post didn’t quite start off on a great note, huh. As is obvious now, the sole objective of starting this blog was so I could vent. They say writing about your troubles is a great way to bust stress. Didn’t really believe that, but what the heck, I gave it a try anyway. [...]

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