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Thoughts of Train

Published by K Balakumar on May 19, 2017 | Leave a response

If you are a Chennaiite and looking for a quick getaway that is agreeably cool but relatively cheap, where nobody can reach you on your mobile, a location that is mostly quiet but still not too remote, a place that is new and still not fallen prey to the predatory tourism industry, well, I think I have found an ideal spot for you: The Nehru Park Metro… Read more →

Posted in Crank's Corner | Tagged Chennai aiport to Nehru Park, Chennai Metro Rail, EMU services and Metro rail, Humour, Metro rail tunnel ride

You can read this free*

Published by K Balakumar on May 12, 2017 | Leave a response

Let me start with an apology that I morally owe to the lawyer community, who I thought was the worst in the world. But recently I got to understand that banks plumb depths that even lawyers would find too low to stoop. If ever you come across in a room a top banking official and a black mamba, which is one of the most poisonous… Read more →

Posted in Crank's Corner | Tagged credit card rules, floating rate home loans, home loan rates cut, Humour

NDA govt’s 3 years longer than any other govt’s 3 years: Venkaiah

Published by K Balakumar on May 10, 2017 | Leave a response

*Justice Karnan to hear PIL filed by Karnan against SC Judges *Arvind Kejriwal ready to prove election symbols too can be tampered *Plus Naidu gives an acronym for Naidu New Delhi, May 10: It has been a happening week on the news front, what with the bizarre happenings involving Justice Karnan, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal being caught in a bribe scandal and he hitting… Read more →

Posted in Crank's News | Tagged Humour

Joke Journalism

Published by K Balakumar on May 5, 2017 | Leave a response

Last Wednesday a leading Malayalam newspaper came out with a dramatic frontpage where all its news was voluntarily scrubbed out with black ink. It was the publication’s way of sending to the general public the powerful journalistic message: “Hey guys, listen! The full-page ad for our frontpage got cancelled at the very last minute. And it is too late for us to find any actual news now. So… Read more →

Posted in Crank's Corner | Tagged Humour, Malayalam paper blacks out frontpage, Rajiv Gandhi assassination case conspiracy, World Press Freedom Day

All is love and fair in French politics

Published by K Balakumar on May 3, 2017 | Leave a response

Everything you didn’t want to ask on France and its elections Paris, May 3: As a newspaper devoted to focusing on issues of interest to local citizens this week we turn our eyes on that one event over which Chennaiites have been exchanging a lot of WhatsApp messages: French elections. Probably you too would have got that WhatsApp forward that talks… Read more →

Posted in Crank's News | Tagged French elections primer, Humour
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