Lodged in an undisclosed location in Tihar New Delhi: The police today arrested social activist Anna Hazare for flouting government orders to come out of arrest here at the Tihar Jail, where he had defiantly lodged himself since yesterday, and where he will be have to be forcibly lodged following his latest arrest. On a day of rapidly-unfolding events, the… Read more →
The downgrading of the credit rating of America by Standard and Poor’s has come as a major shock and surprise to the common people across the globe, chiefly for the reason that this is the first time they are realising that there is something called credit rating for countries. Now apart from understanding what the heck ‘AAA’ is, people have… Read more →
August is the month Chennai which was Madras which was Chennai which was something else was born, which is still doubted by some researchers. This is the beauty of history. It’s verily the subject which authoritatively records dates, places, people and events thereof that need not be true at all. Since facts and truths have never been associated with this… Read more →
‘The current inflation levels are unacceptable,’ Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said a few days back. As a humour writer I will straightaway accept that I cannot come up with a funnier line. The funniest part is no one can fathom at whom the entire statement is aimed. As the country’s Finance Minister, whose Ministry has to handle inflation, we… Read more →
The residential apartment complex that I live in has been declared by the court to be illegal for having been built on a land earmarked for —- this is why I am a big fan of our judicial system —- ‘residential purposes’. No need to read the previous sentence again. There is no confusion or error there. As per records,… Read more →
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