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I’d stopped following cricket during the madness that followed the match fixing scandal. But somewhere over the last few years – I’ve been drawn back to the game. I can’t help but root for England in the Ashes. As such I will root for any team playing against the Aussies.
Around the workplace – the [...]
Posted on August 2nd, 2009 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Borrowed Words, Culture | 3 Comments »
Spread the word. Send your chaddis to the moral police. Meanwhile, let’s create an anti-morality police. Anyone suspected of not behaving in a lewd enough manner will be gently educated on the wonders of hanging out and having fun.
You see, having fun is just bad, bad, bad for our Grand Indian Tradition. Hundreds of [...]
Posted on February 9th, 2009 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Culture, India | 39 Comments »
*trigger – Warning – if you’re not in the right frame of mind to read about sexual assault, don’t read further*
Moving essay. But more than moving, it is shockingly articulate. The idea of a “Not Rape” …
What we were not prepared for was everything else. Rape was something we could identify, an act with a [...]
Posted on December 29th, 2008 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Borrowed Words, Culture, Rights | 5 Comments »
Needless to say I am somewhat homesick today. (For this moment, home = home with parents). I woke up and realized five minutes later that it was Vijayadashmi. I am not a spiritual person, but at times, I turn religious. There is a calming hypnotic effect in rituals that I yearn for. Plus, as I [...]
Posted on October 9th, 2008 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Culture, Family and Friends, Self, Sri | 17 Comments »
Olympics: Child singer revealed as fake.
What’s really sad about this story is that at even age 7, the pressure to look perfect is immense. Crooked teeth? Chubby face? No. We’d like to believe that even before the kids turn 10, they’re perfectly blessed with superior bone structures and a well aligned set of milk teeth. [...]
Posted on August 12th, 2008 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Culture, Rants and Rambles | 22 Comments »
Further to yesterday’s madness, Google now appears to apologize for the “Swastika Situation“. Here’s Google’s response
We have an automated system to identify and remove inappropriate or offensive material in Hot Trends. In rare cases, when such material is missed, we manually remove these results from our Hot Trends list. We apologize to any users who [...]
Posted on July 11th, 2008 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Culture, Marketplace and All Things Current, Social Software, Technology and Internet | 21 Comments »
This post made me laugh for a full five minutes. Go read. Pay special attention to the visual aids.
Posted on January 30th, 2008 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Culture, Funny | 2 Comments »
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