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Did you by chance see Economist’s last issue? I’m such a sucker for authority that I give it to anything that claims it. I’m a regular reader impressed with the vast amount of information that they cram into one issue that I come out of the reading room knowing all that is to be known […]

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Thank God it is Friday!
I was so happy that I talked to a credit card marketing chick for full five minutes
I was so happy that I celebrated a happy birthday this week
Mammooty was so happy, he didn’t slap a single fan this week
He was so happy, my Project Manager smiled at me. And hell I’d no […]

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YOUTUBE Link - Mammooty slaps fan

Fine. Agreed. Mammooty slapped his fan. But whats your point?
It so happens that Mammooty is one of the finest actors in India and legend has it that he gets so enmeshed in a character that even weeks after the shooting he carries the attributes of the character around.
Mammooty fans should […]

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Forbes leaks India’s best kept secret in its 100 most powerful women list (whatever that means). 

C’mon Forbes, there is a way of saying things. We know. But you could show some editorial discretion. You cannot report that the Indian Prime Minister, Sonia Gandhi, nearly drove the country to another General Election on some stupid Nuke […]

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Pratibha Aunty can talk to souls. I mean, dead people’s souls. If elected, she would be the first Indian president to do so. Nice, really nice.
The UPA-Left Presidential nominee Pratibha Patil claims to have spoken to a late spirirtual leader from whom she got a “divine premonition” of greater responsibility coming her way. 
Ms. Patil claimed […]

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