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Archive for May 2008

What Happened to Republicanism?

Posted by: Aadisht on: May 31, 2008

No matter what the outcome of tonight’s semi-final is, the final will be an all monarch affair. The Rajasthan Royals will go up against one form of Kings or the other (though I’m hoping it’s the Super variety). Is it to much to hope for a team named the Punjab Parliamentarians or the Sennai Strict [...]

Bangalore Photowalk 2

Posted by: Aadisht on: May 28, 2008

The second Bangalore photowalk will take place on the first of June. Skimpy has the complete details but here’re the salient points: Date and Time: 1st of June, 7.30 a.m. Route: Ravindra Kalakshetra to Central Jail I won’t be there since I’m moving to Bombay (I’m typing this in BIAL’s swanky new departure terminal), but [...]

Lines of the Day

Posted by: Aadisht on: May 17, 2008

I have a daughter. I will not be allowing her anywhere where restrictions are placed on her during her periods. (The Brat, the Bean and Bedlam) Indeed! Why let society, sisters-in-law, or mothers-in-law restrict where you go or don’t go when it’s so much more efficient to let your mother do it for you?

Good Fences Aren’t Enough

Posted by: Aadisht on: May 10, 2008

According to an IIT-Madras prof, the impact of global warming raising temperatures by 4-5 degrees will be: The scale of migration would be equivalent to the Partition ten times over. It would displace 375 times the number of people needing rehabilitation from the Sardar Sarovar project.About 75 million people from Bangladesh would migrate to India [...]

Atal Bihari Vajkitteh

Posted by: Aadisht on: May 7, 2008

Anybody remember how in the 2004 general elections, the Congress put character attack on Atal Bihari Vajpayee by spreading rumours that he ate beef using the immortal slogan ‘गाय हमारी माता है, अटल बिहारी खाता है’? I realised only today how easily that slogan lends itself to LOLspeak.  It becomes ‘Atal Bihari had a mother… [...]