Posted by: Aadisht on: March 15, 2011
A few months ago, I vaguely resolved to become a well-dressed person. The chain of thought leading up to this momentous decision was something like this: I ought to have really stylish visiting cards Hmm, but if I have really stylish visiting cards I ought to have really stylish card cases too instead of yanking [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: May 27, 2010
The Art of Manliness blog recently (well, actually, a couple of years ago) had a post on how the Victorian custom of calling cards had died out, and lamented the fact: During the heyday of calling cards, using a business card for a social purpose was considered bad manners. Today, while business cards are great [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: June 12, 2009
India Uncut informs us that Rajan Zed is being enraged on behalf of Hindus around the world. This follows a long history of Rajan Zed being enraged by Sony launching a Hanuman game, Rajan Zed being enraged by Angels and Demons, Rajan Zed being enraged by Heather Graham putsing Tantric Sex, and Rajan Zed being [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: February 23, 2009
Tonight is Mahasivarathri. And while Valentine’s Day is not part of our culture, Mahashivratri definitely is. I urge you to go out and celebrate it with devotion and piety. The best way to celebrate is with sex, drugs, and rock and roll. By having sex, you will be following in the divine example set by [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: July 8, 2008
Over the past few years, Punjew men (axshully also Kayastha boyfriends of Punjew woomaans) have been fasting on Karva Chauth along with their wives and girlfriends. For some reason this is hailed as a triumph of women’s liberation and feminism. This is bollocks. An equal sharing of foodlessness, dizziness and abstinence can hardly be considered [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: April 25, 2008
… is like a Hindi film version of a superhero crossover. Kareena Kapoor plays Elektra, or possibly O-Ren Ishii. Akshay Kumar plays a Kanpuriya version of Shang-Chi or Iron Fist. Saif Ali Khan doesn’t fit the superhero stereotype quite as well, but in the second half appears to be like Tony Stark. But then he [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: April 10, 2008
The Master wrote: But I have not altogether lost hope of a sensational revival of knuttery. Already one sees signs of a coming renaissance. To take but one instance, the butler is creeping back. Extinct, it seemed, only a few short years ago, he is now repeatedly seen in his old haunts like some shy [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: February 8, 2008
Nobody has noticed the most sinister aspect of the whole Harbhajan-Symonds-Monkey-Maa Ki controversy. Why would Harbhajan say ‘तेरी मां की’ (terii maa kii) at all? As a true son of Punjab, manly and virile, he should have said ‘ਤੇਰੀ ਮਾਂ ਦੀ!’ (terii maa dii). I can only conclude that in the Indian cricket team too, [...]
Posted by: Aadisht on: January 12, 2008
The Mad Momma asks: Why is it alright to be openly intolerant of children? It’s for the same reason it is alright to be openly intolerant of anything – salwar kameezes, Shashi Tharoor’s writing, chicory-blended coffee, and so on. Freedom of speech are there. Or as Skimpy famously put it, I am a free citizen [...]