India Celebrates 62nd Republic Day

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Of all the experiments in government, which have been attempted since the beginning of time, I believe that the Indian venture into parliamentary government is the most exciting. A vast subcontinent is attempting to apply to its tens and thousands of millions a system of free democracy... It is a brave thing to try to do so. The Indian venture is not a pale imitation of our practice at home, but a magnified and multiplied reproduction on a scale we have never dreamt of. If it succeeds, its influence on Asia is incalculable for good. Whatever the outcome we must honour those who attempt it. 

-  Sir Anthony Eden, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Source:Wikipedia

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Onam Ashamsagal !!!

A letter from a girl to JRD Tata in 1974

Have Passion! 

It was probably the April of 1974. Bangalore was getting warm and gulmohars were blooming at the IISc campus. I was the only girl in my postgraduate department and was staying at the ladies' hostel. Other girls were pursuing research in different departments of Science.

I was looking forward to going abroad to complete a doctorate in computer science. I had been offered scholarships from Universities in the US... I had not thought of taking up a job in India.

One day, while on the way to my hostel from our lecture-hall complex, I saw an advertisement on the notice board. It was a standard job-requirement notice from the famous automobile company Telco (now Tata Motors)... It stated that the company required young, bright engineers, hardworking and with an excellent academic background, etc.

At the bottom was a small line: 'Lady Candidates need not apply.'

WORK VIRUS!!!!

The Center for Disease Control has issued a medical alert about a highly contagious, potentially dangerous virus that is transmitted orally, by hand, and even electronically. This virus is called Weekly Overload Recreational Killer (WORK).

If you receive WORK from your boss, any of your colleagues or anyone else via any means whatsoever - DO NOT TOUCH IT!!! This virus will wipe out your private life entirely. If you should come into contact with WORK you should immediately leave the premises.

Take two good friends to the nearest liquor store and purchase one or both of the antidotes - Work Isolating Neutralizer Extract (WINE) and Bothersome Employer Elimination Rebooter (BEER).

Take the antidote repeatedly until WORK has been completely eliminated from your system. You should immediately forward this medical alert to five friends.

If you do not have five friends, you have already been infected and WORK is controlling your life.

via Girish Gopal

Awesome! B_O_M_B_A_Y

Bombay has no bombs and is a harbour not a bay. 
Churchgate has neither a church nor a gate. It is a railway station. 
There is no darkness in Andheri. 
Lalbaag is neither red nor a garden. 
No king ever stayed at Kings Circle.
Nor did Queen Victoria stay at Victoria Terminus.
Nor is there any princess at Princess Street.
Lower Parel is at the same level as Parel. 
There are no marines or sailors at Marine Lines. 
The Mahalaxmi temple is at Haji Ali not at Mahalaxmi. 
There are no pigs traded at Dukar bazaar. 
Teen bati is a junction of 3 roads, not three lamps. 
Trams used to terminate at Kings circle not Dadar* Tram Terminus (Dadar T..T..). 
Breach Candy is not a sweetmeat market, but there is a Hospital. 
Safed Pool has the dirtiest and blackest water. 
You cannot buy coal at Kolsa street. 
There are no Iron smiths at Lohar chawl. 
There are no pot makers at Kumbhar wada. 
Lokhandwala complex is not an Iron and steel market. 
Null bazaar does not sell taps. 
You will not find ladyfingers at Bheendi Bazaar. 
Kalachowki does not have a black Police station. 
Hanging Gardens are not suspended. 
Mirchi Gully does not sell chillies. 
Figs do not grow in Anjir Wadi. 
Sitafals do not grow in Sitafal Wadi, 
Jackfruits do not grow at Fanaswadi. 
But it is true that you may get fleeced at Chor Bazaar!

Ant & Grasshopper Story- New Version

Old Story:

The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and

laying up supplies for the winter. The Grasshopper thinks the Ant is a fool

and laughs & dances & plays the summer away.

Come winter, the Ant is warm and well fed. The Grasshopper has no food or

shelter so he dies out in the cold.

Indian Version of this old story:

The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and

laying up supplies for the winter.

The Grasshopper thinks the Ant's a fool and laughs & dances & plays the

summer away.

Come winter, the shivering Grasshopper calls a press conference and demands

to know why the Ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others

are cold and starving.

NDTV, BBC, CNN show up to provide pictures of the shivering Grasshopper

next to a video of the Ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with

food.

The World is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be that this poor

Grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?

Arundhati Roy stages a demonstration in front of the Ant's house.

Medha Patkar goes on a fast along with other Grasshoppers demanding that

Grasshoppers be relocated to warmer climates during winter .

Mayawati states this as `injustice' done on Minorities.

Author Speaks!!

Hello & Welcome to this special post where we meet the the author & publisher of the nevergoingtobe bestseller of all time “The Geek & The Ghost”

So today we have with us , MJ Lakshmi Narayanan

Blogger : Hello & Welcome

MJ : Thanks ..its great to be here

Blogger : First of all congratulations for being promoted from being a blogger to author or booker as you have mentioned

MJ: Thanks  (has a suppressed grin)  its great ..feels good actually

Blogger: since when u have been writing stories

SURA –The TERROR!!!

From Our Special Correspondent -

Chennai: If You are not aware of the Latest Tamil Movie SURA (means Shark) then its better u be beware of the Terror terrorizing Tamil Nadu
SURA the 50th film of Vijay a.k.a Young General  is certainly making deadly Tsunami waves –through theaters. Some instances below.

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  Kasab has reportedly gone into shock after the judge sentenced him to watch re-runs of SURA in solitary confinement. His lawyer told the press that they will be appealing to reduce the punishment to death sentence.
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  Chinese have decided to include “watching Sura” as one of their torture techniques and have ordered for 10,000 digital prints of the film. Apparently an official said “we can beat India in anything but not in making movies like Sura”
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  In a medical breakthrough lunatics were cured instantly after watching the opening sequence of SURA. They said “we feel smarter already”
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  Thousands of people are leaving Chennai after the movie got released –“We can tolerate the Summer …but SURA is just too much”
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  Insurance Companies report that claims for personal damages have tripled in the last month.usual reason is “watched Sura”
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  Hospitals are reportedly bribing Theatres to run more shows,as more & more people come to get admitted in the hospital straight from the movie theatre showing SURA. Usual symptoms are dizziness & nausea.

Last But Not Least…

Sharks have filed defamation case against the producers of the movie for using their name without their permission and making them look like a “comedy piece”

really a must watch for Vijay Fans atleast that's wat the reviews say…