Posted by: Aadisht on: October 16, 2008
We now interrupt our current run of TV-blogging to abuse everyone involved in the Jet Airways fashla. Jet Airways What the hell went wrong? What were they thinking when they fired people overnight? The only possible answers are colossal stupidity or desperation. Desperation – we know that they haven’t been paying their fuel bills for [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: September 24, 2008
Raj Thackeray bitches about how bhaiyyas from the cow belt come to Mumbai, become cab drivers, and steal jobs from the Marathi Manoos. I’m not sure how he’ll react to this amazing story (TOI link. I’m sorry, but nobody else is carrying it). Here’s the summary: Shop assistant steals two kilos of gold from a [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: February 19, 2008
Apparently, Bombay colleges are appealing to their students to refrain from making ethnic jokes, what with the inflamed situation: Several colleges — probably the city’s most multicultural hubs — have informally cautioned students to go easy on community remarks, which would otherwise mean nothing more than harmless jokes and jibes. “The students are very young [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: February 9, 2008
This has all the makings of another headless-chicken-gate: Without naming Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), the Shiv Sena on Friday made a scathing attack, calling them “bird flu affected poultry, that has no market value”. Referring to the recent trouble in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra by MNS, the editorial in ‘Samana’, the Sena mouthpiece [...]