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The #UBLRaid Tweets: An Exercise in Grandstanding & Glorification
The CIA’s celebration of Usama’s killing is like a digital version of chucking tomatoes at his severed head. Wouldn’t a simple, respectful announcement be enough?
Posted inPop Culture
The Lost Art of Trolling
Back in the day, trolling was a sophisticated art form. Today, it has been reduced to boring screaming matches. The surrealism has practically vanished.
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9/11 and the Upshot of Flashbulb Memory
The explanation for the HD recollection of 9/11 lies in "flashbulb memories". For me, they’re a welcome reminder that human beings are actually not dead inside.
Posted inPop Culture
What Happens When You Just Don’t Get GoT
How can the fear of spoilers keep you off the internet for a whole day? I simply can’t wrap my head around the Game of Thrones melodrama.
Posted inPop Culture
It’s Now Legit to Hate Coldplay
The excessive hate that Coldplay gets has little to do with the band. It’s a victim of a trend – where a self-professed “discerning” listener disregards all pop music.
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The Not So Simple Su
Like clockwork, when resident tinfoil hat expert Subramanian Swamy says something silly, we chuckle and shake our heads. But he has a PhD from Harvard.
Posted inEarth
And Then the Smog Struck
In Delhi, we’ve never actually done anything. At best, we’ve pointed out the flaws and the issues plaguing us; at worst, we’ve exploited them. We were smug. Until the smog struck.
Posted inSports
Football Shootball Hai Rabba
The FIFA World Cup is upon us and I fear the worst. During the last World Cup, we braced ourselves for “expert comments” from John Abraham. This time it’s going to be Anupam Kher, isn’t it?
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Hey Potheads, Leave the Food Alone
Stoners bug me because they eat everything. They open the fridge, and they start polishing off all its contents – even the salt and pepper and half-cut nimbu and salad dressing.