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Recently on my visit to one top technology MNC in Bangalore, I came across following notice board in cafeteria.
I find two things funny with this notice.

This is a technology MNC and is counting spoons. I am sure the cost of the spoon is not really much and if they think it is a big [...]

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So, our cricket captain has come up with another gem. No I am not talking about the good innings that he played in the last match against Sri Lanka. I am talking about his new excuse on why we are dropping catches. See here. He claims it is because of the crowd’s wardrobe.
Since Sri Lanka [...]

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Finally the iPhone was launched in India and it seems it pretty much failed to impress users.
The stage was set for a grand launch, complete with confetti and cheerleaders, but at the stroke of midnight, there were just 10 people who actually bought the high-end device.
At a Vodafone store in Connaught Place, Central Delhi, journalists [...]

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It seems like the disease is spreading. First it was ICICI bank and now Tata Teleservices who have started threatening their customers.
Later, the company announced a change of plan which did not suit Nandwani, so he asked for the connection to be cancelled. Instead, he received a bill amounting to Rs 2,000 and his outgoing [...]

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I finally watched the Olympic boxing 54 Kg match between Indian Akhil Kumar and Moldovan Gojan Veaceslav. I have to say that I don’t understand boxing much but it seemed like that Moldovan just went with a strategy of all out defense with precision attack. I think almost everytime Gojan went for attack, he scored [...]

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Here is an interesting essay. It just is not interesting enough in english, so I am re-producing it in Hindi.
एक गरीब अमीर लड़की को स्कूल में गरीब परिवार पर निबंध लिखने को कहा गया। उसने निबंध कुछ इस तरह से लिखा।
एक गरीब परिवार था। पिता गरीब, माता गरीब, बच्चे गरीब। परिवार में चार नौकर [...]

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Shabana Azmi is a strange character. Every now and then she will come out with a statement that completely does not make sense. When she talks about some discrimination against muslims she will blame the state but she will either not talk about discrimination against “other groups” or be unwilling to place the blame on [...]

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Sania Mirza just got out of olympics and to make sure that she remains in the media, she just had to say something.
I think it is a good idea if such an opportunity comes my way to go and play in Pakistan
I seriously believe she gets too much press for the accomplishment that she has [...]

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