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Posts Tagged ‘shashi tharoor

Idiot in Her Head

Posted by: Aadisht on: February 2, 2010

Sagarika Ghose has a blogpost up that can be summarised as follows: “I went to St. Stephens. I enjoyed it. Therefore I know that the education system is fine, and that all you philistines who did not go to St. Stephens should stop talking about how much the education system sucks, otherwise you will become [...]

How Familiarity Bred Contempt

Posted by: Aadisht on: April 27, 2009

In 1949, Aziz Kashmiri wrote: आज कल की नारीयां आज कल की नारीयां है मुफ़्त की बीमारीयां, बीमारीयां रात दिन मर्दों से लडने की करे तैयारीयां, तैयारीयां काम कुछ करती नहीं, और बांधती है सारीयां   In those simpler bygone times, people used to complain that women would tie saris and not work. It shows [...]

More Mommyblogger Mockery

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 [...]

TASK

Posted by: Aadisht on: August 16, 2007

I am starting another new NGO. This one is called TASK, or the Taskforce for the Annihilation of the Salwar Kameez. I will be the President and A Rod will be the Dictator for Life. And Ratan Tata will be the Patron Saint.