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alok: April 2008
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Harbhajan and The Media Circus. By their ‘un-biased’ editors, who in turn have learnt their art not in a lifetime of journalism, but at the feet of some pushy MBA-marketing type. So, we have some journalists bringing up Bishen Bedi’s ‘javelin-throw’. Comment, while we have some others bringing up Harbhajan featuring in a liquor ad campaign without his turban। This is all to buttress their claims that Harbhajan didn’t become ‘controversial’. Overnight; he has been ‘controversial’. मीडिया.
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alok: परदेस में आहार: कभी खुशी कभी गम
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परदेस में आहार: कभी खुशी कभी गम. मैं Bacon. उसने भी बड़े ही प्यार से फरमाया:. You don't know this? This is Bacon. Bacon. ". मैंने कंधा उचकाते हुए अनभिज्ञता जतायी।फ़िर उसने कहा:. Bacon you don't know? लगा जैसे मैंने जीवन के मूलभूत ज्ञान से वंचित होने का-सा पाप कर दिया हो।. मैंने फ़िर अपना सर ना में हिलाया। फ़िर उसने समझाया:. See this is side part of the pig. Very tasty. Yummy. You'll love this.Try this today and say thanks to me.okay? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Shelfari: Book reviews on your book blog.
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alok: May 2009
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Sitting in my hotel room, I am switching channels to catch the latest NBA game. Turns out , there is no game tonight. I chance upon a show called 'The Bachelorette' on ABC. It's the premier of the show - there are 25, no, make that 30, white American males trying to win the heart of this girl called Jillian Harris. Her claim to fame? Back to the show! 30 males trying to win the heart of this girl. all of them come in and introduce themselves. 'Hi, I am XYZ, I am a general contractor', or, 'Hi, I ...Back ...
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alok: May 2008
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Sport A Hat This Summer. Not long ago, The Times of India used to be a newspaper in India, of Indians, by Indians, for Indians. That was in its paper version. Then the Internet happened. Like most older entities, the 'The Old Lady of Bori Bunder' could not figure out the Internet, and how to deal with it. That was just the excuse The ToI management needed to start printing all the junk that was earlier found in American or British fashion glossies, tabloids, and travel magazines. So now, you get to k...
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alok: January 2010
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Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! It’s snowing here in Atlanta. Tiny snowflakes are drifting down at a leisurely pace and melt as soon as they hit the ground. My daughter has been waiting for this since the past four days, and she is disappointed that there is no snow accumulation. We made it to our relative’s house just before dark. I had never met them before, and my wife was meeting them after, maybe 15-20 years! They were relative, pun fully intended, unknowns to us! Television had not yet taken...
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alok: August 2009
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Still haven't found any answers to my questions to myself, but I'm trying to let go of some of the labels that I put on myself. How do you get the labels that are assigned to you? Do these labels serve a useful purpose? In other words, are they required? Not only is it transient, but what is beautiful to one is plain to another. Wealth? In these depressing economic times, do I even need to talk about the transient nature of wealth? Can we get rid of labels? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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alok: Dare to Translate - Some Untranslatables
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Dare to Translate - Some Untranslatables. नहीं समझे? अरे भाई, मेमसाहब हिन्दी में अंग्रेजी बोल रहीं थीं - 'I've made it from scratch'. अनुवाद, ऊ भी घटिया शब्दशः अनुवाद से हमको बहुत पुराने जमाने से चिढ है. लेकिन का कहें भैया, आजकल तो रिवाजे यही है! तो हम कौन होते हैं इसका विरोध करने वाले? ई तो हमरे औकात से टोटले बाहर है - आप ही लोग बताइये. 3 Cooking with gas. ई तो बहुते आसान है, गैस से खाना पकाना, है न? 4 Cover your ass. काहे भाई? 5 Drop the ball. 6 Fresh pair of eyes. 8 (He is going to) chew your butt.
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alok: Happy New Year!
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When I was a child, the coming of the New Year was not that big of a deal! Television had not yet taken over the world; and the hospitality industry and the card companies still hadn’t made it into a mega marketing event. New Year came and we exchanged polite HNY’s with friends and family, with the ones that cared for it, that is. Yes, it was possible for people to not get caught up in all the hype around the New Year. And our parents didn’t care either. 04 January, 2010 00:37. मीडिया. The Curious Case o...
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alok: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
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Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! It’s snowing here in Atlanta. Tiny snowflakes are drifting down at a leisurely pace and melt as soon as they hit the ground. My daughter has been waiting for this since the past four days, and she is disappointed that there is no snow accumulation. We made it to our relative’s house just before dark. I had never met them before, and my wife was meeting them after, maybe 15-20 years! They were relative, pun fully intended, unknowns to us! 08 January, 2010 16:35.
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alok: November 2009
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Bollywood is dead, long live M-Town! A friend of mine once asked me to point out Bollywood. On a map of India. My answer, that Bollywood. Did not exist in the real world, and that Bollywood. Was a media creation, did not go down well with her. She thought I was lying; worse, she thought I was making fun of her. But that set me digging. The parentage of Bollywood. Http:/ desi-galaxy.sabza.org/2007/04/15/origin-of-bollywood/. Http:/ www.hindu.com/lr/2004/03/07/stories/2004030700390600.htm. I disliked the o...
