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Dial D for delivery

Published by K Balakumar on November 7, 2014 | Leave a response

As you would have read, internet is the raging Ranganathan Street these days as e-commerce sites have become the go-to place for shoppers. It is an understandable development because online marts have totally revolutionized shopping by offering eye-popping discounts and deals and helping us save a lot of money that we require to pay our mounting internet bill. I too… Read more →

Posted in Crank's Corner | Tagged courier delivery for e-commerce sites, e-commerce site, Humour, Reddy Street, Sachin tendulkar's biography, shopping online, Virugambakkam

Eyes boys

Published by K Balakumar on October 31, 2014 | Leave a response

Thanks to the onset of monsoon season, a rash of diseases is spreading in the city, none of which is as demoralising and debilitating as conjunctivitis is because there are only two afflictions that will have you sit inside your house late in the night in a cooling glass. The other is: Terminal senility. Of course, most of us know… Read more →

Posted in Crank's Corner | Tagged Conjunctivitis, cure for Madras eye, glasses for Madras eye, Hand sanistisers for Madras eye, how did Madras eye get its name, Humour, Is it okay to look at people with Madras eye?

Of Rajni, Kapil, Arnab

Published by K Balakumar on October 30, 2014 | Leave a response

‘Preface’ of Tendulkar’s book, Playing It My Way —- My Autobiography Aila! Now, even if this book is going to be one big compilation of botanical names of the flowers found in Appalachian trail, people aren’t going to ask: “Did Tendulkar really write this?” Because when they hear Aila, they think it has to be Tendulkar.  Just like the equally… Read more →

Posted in Crank's News | Tagged Playing It My Way ---- My Autobiography

Here is our Deepavali wish: Happy Pongal

Published by K Balakumar on October 17, 2014 | Leave a response

As the final weekend before Deepavali arrives, we have a helpful bulletin for all the last-minute shoppers, which is: Don’t . In fact, left to us, we will feature ‘never go shopping on the weekend leading to Deepavali’ as the first, and possibly the only, commandment in all sacred texts across religions. We say this based on the experience we… Read more →

Posted in Crank's Corner | Tagged Chennai auto drivers, Deepavali and Pongal, Hitler and Poland, Humour, Shopping for Deepavali, Shopping in T Nagar, Shopping tips for Chennai

Journalawism!

Published by K Balakumar on October 10, 2014 | Leave a response

Hahahahahahahaha. The laughter, as some of you might have figured out, is for the way we in the media reported the developments in Karnataka High Court over Jayalalithaa’s bail plea. Even by Indian media’s remarkable consistency in plumbing lows, the bizarre goof up in reporting the bail that was not to be marks one of its deepest depths. Media houses… Read more →

Posted in Crank's Corner | Tagged court etiquette, difference between lawyer and advocate, How to report court proceedings, Humour, Indian courts and laws, Jayalalithaa bail, Jayalalithaa DA case, mutatis mutandis
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