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A rather hypersensitive part of my head gets a bit agitated when random people feel free to tell you that Asian women look hot, or Indian women are pretty or some damn variation of the same theme.
Never mind the fact that it exoticises, trivialises and does a thousand other unacceptable things in the grand scheme [...]
Posted on February 13th, 2010 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Self, wtf | 13 Comments »
Reading news can probably replace a weight management program. This for instance is enough to make me want to vomit.
Girls who become part of a new family after marriage must assume their new surname and all the responsibilities that come with it….
That’s a message not just to my sisters, but to all girls [...]
Posted on January 22nd, 2009 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Gender, wtf | 11 Comments »
I have to confess that I am following the presidential race in the US rather obsessively at times. It’s not that I actually care perhaps. United States of America is an ocean and a world away from me, but mostly, it feels like watching reality television. Yes, yes, I know, that in the larger picture, [...]
Posted on September 28th, 2008 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Gender, wtf | 12 Comments »
TechCrunch is getting all worked up about the word Swastika appearing on Google’s Hot Trends. They obviously want to make a lot of noise about it and hint that it’s the return of the Neo-Nazis. But if you notice Google’s related words list – there’s absolutely nothing Nazi or Neo-Nazi or Neonatal-Nazi about it. [...]
Posted on July 10th, 2008 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Marketplace and All Things Current, Social Software, Technology and Internet, wtf | 14 Comments »
I was seriously considering getting an LG Viewty phone given its reviews and its camera. But this particular LG advert puts me off ALL their products. It makes me want to puke in the general direction of LG headquarters. Seriously, this advert gave me the creeps. So much for stalking. Yuck. [Via Feministing.]
I wonder if [...]
Posted on June 19th, 2008 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: wtf | 9 Comments »
That’s on my to-do list. It’s a promising city.
Imagine remaining absent from duty for 15 years and still retaining the job. And to top it, securing a court order for payment of half the salary for the period.
This is the case of West Bengal resident S.N. Das, who was able to retain his job as [...]
Posted on May 26th, 2008 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Funny, wtf | 12 Comments »
Sometimes you read stuff that should be screenshot-ted and preserved for posterity. This is the case of the really boring and bordering on self-pity blog called Sir John Bull. Now you would expect someone who is a member of the BNP to be a complete moron. But this chap takes it way ahead. So this [...]
Posted on April 9th, 2008 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Politics, UK, wtf | 6 Comments »
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