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Fort of call

Published by K Balakumar on April 8, 2016 | Leave a response

In our unrelenting coverage of events and locations connected to Tamil Nadu elections, this week we take a historic look at that place where all the elected MLAs get down to work: the stately campus of Fort St George, which, needless to say, houses the all-important the defence canteen where you can get liquor at the cheapest rate possible in… Read more →

Posted in Crank's Corner | Tagged Fort St George, Fort St George Museum, Humour, Naamakkal Kavignar Maaligai, TAmil Nadu Assembly Hall, TN's Power Centre

EC-peasy!

Published by K Balakumar on April 1, 2016 | Leave a response

Now that India’s campaign in the World T20 has sadly ended, we can, for a relaxing diversion, focus on some side issues like Tamil Nadu elections. We have been regularly receiving questions from readers on the various aspects of Tamil Nadu polls and we have decided to take them up this week because it would personally help us think up… Read more →

Posted in Crank's Corner | Tagged AIADMK's CM candidate, Humour, PMK's Anbumani Ramadoss campaign, TN Elections, Vijayakanth and Vaiko

Spots of bother

Published by K Balakumar on March 25, 2016 | Leave a response

If you have been following the World T20 games you would be worried by the sharp fall in the standards of the core aspect of modern-day cricket, the television ads. The commercials out there are more hopeless than Shahid Afridi’s captaincy, which is as good as describing someone as being balder than Yul Brynner. But still that is the fact…. Read more →

Posted in Crank's Corner | Tagged Airtle 4G ad, Humour, Raymonds ad, television commercials during World T20

Hug de India!

Published by K Balakumar on March 19, 2016 | Leave a response

I think the time has come for us to take a firm and collective stand against the growing social menace of hugging. As of now, it is prevalent  only in certain urban pockets. But that is no reason for us to be complacent. Because so were low-waist pants. Now they are all over, except in the place where they have… Read more →

Posted in Crank's Corner | Tagged Hugging culture in South India, Humour

It takes three to trend

Published by K Balakumar on March 11, 2016 | Leave a response

‘With the dates for polls announced this week, sweaty anticipation and nervy excitement is sweeping the length and breadth of this politically sensitive State of Tamil Nadu’. Huh! This is exactly the ‘intro’ I would have come up with if I were a political correspondent writing a piece on the impending elections in Tamil Nadu. Basically, saying with utmost confidence what… Read more →

Posted in Crank's Corner | Tagged Humour, Mylapore Karpagambal Mess, NDTV and Bihar Polls, Political Journalism, Poll Reporting, Pollsters in India, Tamil Nadu Elections 2016
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