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Chekka Chivandha Vaanam: A review primer

Published by K Balakumar on September 29, 2018 | Leave a response

The biggest sector in Tamil Nadu right now is the film review industry. Any one with an Aadhaar card is probably a reviewer now.  From reviews longer and denser than The Brothers Karamazov to ones made of just emojis are craving for our attention on the various social media platforms. But how do you ensure that your reviews catch the eye… Read more →

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Posted in Crank's Corner | Tagged Chekka Chivandha Vaanam review, How to review films, Humour

The extraordinary sport of Kurash also known as Turkish dress grabbing

Published by K Balakumar on September 4, 2018 | Leave a response

Martial art sports at Asiad explained Chennai, Sept 4: A look at the 69 medals that India secured at the Asian Games at Jakarta will throw up many questions like 1) How did we miss out on Kabaddi gold? 2) Why did we secure just two medals in boxing? 3) Which Indians won the two medals in Kurash? No, wait…. Read more →

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Posted in Crank's News | Tagged Humour, Jujitsu, Kurash, Martial arts in Asiad, Wushu

Which planet is Cristiano Ronaldo from?

Published by K Balakumar on June 22, 2018 | Leave a response

What a nightmare of a World Cup it is turning out for Lionel Messi fans. He has not scored any goal and, worse, he has missed a penalty, and worst, Cristiano Ronaldo, is having a whale of a time and scoring goals seemingly at will and is also trying to a grow a goatee to literally establish that he is… Read more →

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Posted in Crank's Corner | Tagged Argentina and Lionel Messi at World Cup, Cristiano Ronaldo, Humour, World Cup 2018

All World Cup details including spelling of Wojciech Szczesny

Published by K Balakumar on June 14, 2018 | Leave a response

The FIFA World Cup, which any sports writer with a half-decent spell-check system will describe as ‘quadrennial’ football festival, kicks off in Russia on June 14 amidst hope, optimism and expectation that this edition should provide plenty of drama that soccer is richly famous for, especially like when the Uruguayan Luis Suarez bit off the ear of an opposing team’s… Read more →

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Posted in Crank's News | Tagged Humour, World Cup 2018

Samantha’s bindi and Corey Anderson’s death bowling

Published by K Balakumar on April 28, 2018 | Leave a response

After following almost all the matches of the IPL on television, we can tell for sure two things 1) No score is seemingly safe, as teams are confident of chasing down any total. 2) No ad for airconditioners can be good. The latter is more worrying what with the IPL telecasts being more about commercials and less about actual cricket…. Read more →

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Posted in Crank's Corner | Tagged Humour
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