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Here is a delightful article I read in the newspaper.
IT professional lands in prison for no fault of his
B.S. Ramesh
He spent seven days in lock-up and 43 days in jail
A mobile phone operator gave his IP address to Pune police
He is fighting to get compensation from company
BANGALORE: He was one among the many youth in [...]

What is Indian culture? Who defines it?
What gives you the moral authority to say what other people should do? Were you granted some sort of special knowledge by a supernatural entity? Are you somehow better than other people?
You are enforcing your idea of India upon other people. People will do what the hell they [...]

‘Indian culture’ is a set of beliefs, rules and practices that are invented and enforced by:

those who have the power (through thugs, fanatics, police) to do so
those who can make enough noise about it

I constructed this definition a few days ago and I’m looking to word it better so help me out.
People who disagree with [...]

Indians, as a general rule, are noobs*. This isn’t wholly their fault, of course. Living in a under-developed country with poor penetration of technology and Internet is the main reason.
However, some of the things they do are simply inexplicable. An example of this is referring to all portable music players as iPods as we discussed [...]

Money is referred to as BUCKS, not BUGS.
If you are going to use a new word, why don’t you look it up and make sure how it is spelt/pronounced? You would avoid making a total fool of yourself when someone points out your mistake. You have the Internet and dictionaries and Wikis galore. Look stuff [...]

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a particle accelerator and hadron collider located at CERN, near Geneva, Switzerland. Currently under construction, the LHC is scheduled to begin operation in May 2008. The LHC is expected to become the world’s largest and highest-energy particle accelerator.
This device is worse than any thermonuclear bomb. It has the potential [...]

Barrack Obama
“As commander in chief, I will always reserve the right to make sure that we are looking out for American interests. And if Al Qaeda is forming a base in Iraq, then we will have to act in a way that secures the American homeland and our interests abroad.”
John McCain
“I have some news: Al [...]

I dislike Hillary just because she isn’t as awesome as Obama. Plus I also feel that no husband and wife should ever be Presidents. It’s just not right.

In the U.S. in spite of all its problems, you can still say whatever you want. In India, a sign like that would get your shop burnt down [...]

I went to my old friend’s wedding reception today at West Mambalam. Aishwarya was a classmate in PSBB some 11 years ago. It was a grand and crazy affair. Met up with other old friends from PSBB (Mouli, Anandan and Rajesh).
Another classmate of mine was married last month and yet another will be in a [...]

It is nice to have a common enemy, isn’t it?
Microsoft, politicians, auto drivers, Anna University…
Scientology is the new enemy and people are fighting back. See this post to see how the protests at London went. Read the whole article.

I would have loved to be there. India remains blissfully unaware of Scientology, Internet memes and culture [...]