Browsing articles tagged with " Mayawati"
Oct
15
2009

Aaj mausam bada beimaan hain

I know what you’re thinking, and your bewilderment is well justified. We don’t quite often talk about so-called serious issues like climate changes but then we’ve done some mildly serious stuff in the past like this and this, they’ve been well received. Now this goes without denying the fact that it will get us some traffic, but people looking for serious stuff will return disappointed. Unless of course someone is looking for how the climatic [...]

Oct
11
2009

Balance the equation

After a few posts of southie balderdash that got nobody’s attention and almost had people taking us of their blogrolls, I’m back! Yes bhaiyon aur unke behenon, This is Munna Mobile bringing you news that you cannot use from our secret bunker in the hinterlands. The title of this post may seem out of place but then we have a knack of picking the weirdest titles and that is atleast one thing we are darn [...]

Aug
17
2009

Kasab Ka Samna

While the nation is still reeling from the 62nd I-Day celebrations, reality shows do their desh bhakti specials, movie channels repeatedly cycle screening Roja, Dil Se and Rang De Basanti, we are inundated by tweets and SMSes that are supposed to fill us with patriotic fervor. We don’t wear our patriotism on our sleeve but we pin it to our chests, try to mumble the national anthem while hoping not to sing out of tune. [...]

Jan
20
2009

Pirates of the Aden

These are bad times with pirates ruling the seas. There was a time when the Vikings spread havoc for European merchant ships and captured their wares and wine. Now the same has moved a few latitudes lower from Scandinavia to the Horn of Africa. Our sources tell us that it is a result of the Curse of the Black Pearl, no wait wasn’t that Pele? Ah we get it, the Somalians are hurt by the [...]

May
7
2008

Its a man’s world…….

The previous post may have led a few to think that I’m chauvinistic, so let me allay those doubts with this post. The womens reservation bill was tabled in the so-called-upper-house-of-parliament, the Rajya Sabha amidst chaos. Is it the male ego that blinds everything or could it be that we chose not to see beyond a point. I may be no expert in vote-bank politics but if something is clearly evident to me, then why [...]