There are quite a few in my office who own diesel-powered cars and the street price of these cars are close to nine lakh rupees! It’s sad to realize the fact that they will be paying lesser than most of those unfortunate middle-class people who yearned to own a car, putting a major portion of their savings on a good small petrol car. This is the kind of discrepancy that arises in a society that is neither entirely capitalist nor communist. The capitalist oil companies would want the government to…

From my vast experience of my encounters with dogs and traffic policemen, I never look at their eyes, and if I did, I’ve invited trouble already. One vague stare at a rabies stricken dog, it starts barking and comes running at you. It actually pains me to draw an analogy here, but…

Well, you might ‘ve guessed what this post is gonna be about. Yes, the recent noise created due to the cheerleaders’ dress code in IPL matches. I guess the cheerleaders have done a good job of not only turning the attention of the crowd watching the IPL games on them, but also that of the politicians and other sports people from across the country.

Is cheerleading vulgar? Let’s see the definition of ‘cheerleader’ from Wikipedia - “Cheerleading is a sport that uses organized routines made from elements of some tumbling, dance, …

“The Tamil Nadu government has decided to declare the first day of the Tamil month Thai as the Tamil New Year Day, Governor S S Barnala announced in the state assembly on Wednesday.” - rediff.com
Well, of all the critical issues Tamilnadu is facing, shifting the tamil new year day from April 14th to the Pongal day is the top priority to the present government. To many people like me, we lose one holiday on April 14, and there won’t be any shoppers delight/discounts for the erstwhile Tamil new year!

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