The momentous meeting that led to the momentous Demonetisation pieced together Chennai, Nov 8: The announcement of Prime Minister on the night of November 8 and the subsequent steps that the Finance Ministry and the RBI took were verily a war on that part of economy that deals with black humour. We at Crank’s News should know. Try as much as we… Read more →
In the last two years, Chennai has become the undisputed world leader in slipping into panic mode in a jiffy. The moment the clouds so much as turn black, Chennai people, thanks to the experience of 2015 floods, become stiff with tension, and people elsewhere, thanks to the seamless connectivity that modern-day technology provides, pick up the ball and add to… Read more →
All questions you did not want to ask on Bitcoin answered Chennai, Nov 1: You’d have doubtless heard about Bitcoin. At any rate, you just did. Well, it is a virtual currency that has stirred a lot of controversy, and it is also pretty confusing, which sounds like a lot like demonetisation but believe us, it is not all that… Read more →
Reporting on the recent controversy over Mersal movie, one news site mixed up Vijay and Vijay Sethupathi. This was equivalent to mistaking Amit Shah for Bernard Shaw. To be fair, it was a North Indian news site (omnibus editorial policy: “How the hell do you expect us to know anything about South India or Srl Lanka or whatever they call their place?”). So we should at least be happy… Read more →
It’s festival time. With the bustle and sparkle of the moment, it may be easy to forget the real tradition of the occasion. We will remind you: It’s about purchasing electronic consumer devices that you mostly have no need for. It is a practice that goes back to Lord Krishna’s time, as we can see in this verbatim exchange between… Read more →
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