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IPL final ‘fixed’ to create impression that there was no fixing

Published by K Balakumar on May 28, 2012 | Leave a response

Also: A goof up leads to Ravindra Jadeja getting more crores New Delhi/Mumbai: The curtains on the IPL 5 may have come down, but the curtains on yet another explosive controversy on the already contentious tournament seem to be going up. Allegations are now rife that the result of the final was fixed to favour the Kolkata Knightriders to create… Read more →

Posted in Crank's News | Tagged Humour, IPL finals fixed, KKR vs CSK, Ravindra Jadeja and CSK

Obvious problems are obvious

Published by K Balakumar on May 25, 2012 | Leave a response

The problem with having to endure such an extended summer is that you have to endure even more unbearable people who never fail to remind you that this is such an extended, unbearable summer. When God created human beings and lawyers and journalists, He had the foresight to fit in most of us many advanced features like the much-needed ability… Read more →

Posted in Crank's Corner | Tagged Global warming, Obvious problems, Y2k problem

The Republic of Banana

Published by K Balakumar on May 18, 2012 | Leave a response

I don’t know about you but when the Central government decided to ban all cartoons from school textbooks, my reaction as a well-informed journalist was: WHAT! They have cartoons in school textbooks these days? Because, when we were in school, textbooks contained — you could not have guessed this — just texts. Occasionally, there used to be some illustrations. But… Read more →

Posted in Crank's Corner | Tagged Ambedkar and Nehru, Humour, India and bans, Offensive cartoon, Things that need to be banned

Crank’s News: Greece told to seek royalty for Olympics

Published by K Balakumar on May 17, 2012 | Leave a response

McKinsey prepares blueprint for monetising ‘world’s biggest sports brand’ Athens:  Faced with a mounting debt crisis, Greece has been advised by the global management consulting firm McKinsey to monetise the biggest sporting brand that it (Greece) has given to the world: Olympics. ‘Make no mistake about it, Olympics is a humungous brand. And it, without any doubt, belongs to Greece…. Read more →

Posted in Crank's News | Tagged Archimedes Principle and Pythagoras Theorem, Financial crisis in Greece, Humour, Olmpics and it sponsors

Mother Sentiment

Published by K Balakumar on May 11, 2012 | Leave a response

Among the many conveniences that Western culture has given to the rest of the world, greeting cards must be considered as very handy ones because, if you observe closely, they help convey your inner most feelings through the most tacky and templated words. Don’t be a moron and ask why do you have to fall back on greeting cards if the… Read more →

Posted in Crank's Corner | Tagged Humour, Love Poems, Mother's Day Greetings, Nita Ambani and Harbhajan Singh
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