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Entries from May 2008

Vizhinjam…Finally!

May 15th, 2008 · 18 Comments

Messing up the day’s Hindu, scrambling to find a news item which could possibly rewrite the development history of the state, Mr Prasad and me were surprised and thoroughly disappointed. There wasn’t even a mention of the Vizhinjam tender clinched by the LANCO group yesterday. Ten minutes later when Malayala Manorama deliberately kept the news […]

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Tags: kerala · Third rate journalism · Trivandrum · Rant · Announcement

Devil’s dozen

May 14th, 2008 · 5 Comments

After Bombay Scottish School, Bombay Dyeing, BSE and Bombay Times (TOI) were vandalised, terrorised, and uglified (rhymes) in the past few days, the below poster was stuck on all Talkies correspondent’s lodges yesterday night.

 
Talkies editorial syndicate met at our super secret location and unanimously agreed (1-0) to take the cue. The 10 AM press release […]

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Tags: Papa Bear · Announcement

Breaking the Glass ceiling

May 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments

When a woman does ascend through the glass ceiling into the White House, it will be, in part, because of the race of 2008, when Hillary Clinton broke through the glass floor and got down with the boys.  (link to Full article below)
Do you remember the final scene in Wolfgang Petersen’s classic Air Force One, when […]

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Tags: Women · US · elections · 2008 Elections · Clinton

What kind of MBA are you?

May 9th, 2008 · 8 Comments

What kind of MBA are you? An ST MBA, SC MBA, OBC MBA or just another handicapped MBA?

Rajagiri college in Kochi in their relentless pursuit towards excellence in social sciences has announced the list of MBA admits for 2008-2010. Its said that in HBS, you have to define your place in the first few weeks, […]

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Tags: Rant