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Six rules for the M60

Posted in Humor, India, NYT on Nov 18th, 2008

Every bus driver in the world gets a book of rules on his first day at the job. That’s my conclusion, for how else can you explain the unique behavior of buses? Anyone who has ever traveled by a bus in any part of the world will know these rules.
I cut my teeth on [...]

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A taxonomy of desi names

Posted in Humor, India, NYT, food on Jul 30th, 2008

You must have heard of it by now - a judge in New Zealand found the name “Tallulah does the hula from Hawaii” so bizarre that he made the child a ward of the court.
“The court is profoundly concerned about the very poor judgment which this child’s parents have shown in choosing this name,” he [...]

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The many forms of tourism

Posted in NYT on Jun 26th, 2008

S called me in the middle of a busy day. But that was okay, because I wasn’t doing anything important anyway. I was just busy, which is a completely different thing.
“Did you read this NY Times article on this boom in tourism to Mexico?” she asked me.
Now, I hadn’t read that NY Times article. But [...]

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Six rules for air hostesses

Posted in Fiction, Humor, India, NYT on Jun 10th, 2008

How does an air hostess’s weight matter ? Of course it’s vital, as any airlines will tell you. Air hostesses must be slim and young and pretty. Never mind if they are not courteous or speak such poor English that they do not understand what “toast” means. That’s not what their job is about anyway.
The [...]

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Right to buy counterfeit

Posted in NYT, Opinion, economy on May 22nd, 2008

I want the right to buy counterfeit goods. I will launch into a detailed argument shortly, but first, I will tell you why this post came about.
The NYTs blog had an article about a recent ad campaign on NYC pay phones, which tells you why buying counterfeit goods is bad. Apparently, its because you [...]

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Anonymous abuse, real damage?

Posted in Life, NYT, Opinion on Mar 7th, 2008

I read two articles recently which made me start thinking about the nature of anonymity and how it brings out the worst in some of us.
The New York Times had an interesting article about anonymous insults on blogs and the question of how to deal with them. The article talks about an ad agency executive, [...]

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