Posted by: Jolvin on: August 28, 2009
Some banner designers have a novel way of ensuring their business suffers. Look at the banner of the Congress Party above.
What do you see?
Struggling are you?
Well for one it has a welcome address in all the top 5 languages spoken in the city of Mumbai.
Two, it has the top brass of the Congress across India [...]
Posted by: Jolvin on: December 6, 2008
Oh my great state what has become of thou!
Thy politicians are fighting o’er pohe and pav.
To each it’s the food of the soil
Yet it’s all a clever political foil
Oh my great state what has become of thou!
Thy politicians are fighting o’er pohe and pav.
They beef up their security
While our lives are full of anxiety
Oh my [...]
Posted by: Jolvin on: November 20, 2008
An economy in doldrums or hope for a better future!
Posted by: Jolvin on: October 3, 2008
Dear Honorable Mr. AR
I’m so stressed the minute I leave the comforts of my home these days. I’m sure I’ll have a nervous breakdown soon as I find people staring at me as though I’m some alien or criminal that people have been wanting to nail down. I don’t know what’s the cash award on [...]
Posted by: Jolvin on: June 30, 2008
I keep telling myself I’ll retire by so and so age. So do most of my friends. The previous generation’s concept of retiring at 58 doesn’t seem to be the norm anymore. People want to retire early and live a life of serenity or whatever that means. Or do charity like someone is doing today.
After spending [...]
Posted by: Jolvin on: June 26, 2008
For a boy of 10 years the concept of reaching the finals of the World Cup of One Day Cricket may not have been such a big thing. Only after realising that the only time his country ever won a match before that was back in 1975 that too laboriously against minnows then known as East [...]
Posted by: Jolvin on: June 13, 2008
He typed from 6000 miles away, “Did you catch up with any friends?”.
College friends are fun – Instant catchup.
“Nahin Yaar”, I typed almost sadly. “Not met or spoken to anyone.”
“That’s sad, we seem to be always caught up in work, don’t we?”, “Funny in all these years we have moved from a bus to a car!”
Almost philosophically [...]
Posted by: Jolvin on: June 12, 2008
An unknown researcher who specializes in transport planning has recently unveiled in an unpublished newspaper that the problems of transportation in Mumbai will not end even with the upcoming Mumbai Metro project. Taking the cue from the host of tourists who unknowingly have been manholed he has recommended BMC use the vastly unused drainage network as [...]
Posted by: Jolvin on: February 7, 2008
I was wondering how I could save that 20 hours (with stopover) and 15 hours (without stopover) to get from Mumbai to New York and maybe get there faster. The only option I could think of was rely on a certain Scottie and say ‘Beam me up Scottie”. As time becomes even more precious and the [...]
Posted by: Jolvin on: February 1, 2008
It wouldn’t be wrong to say that my first brush with hard rock was with Iron Maiden’s self titled album that I borrowed from a friend and eventually lost it to an older cousin. Having just graduated from the likes of Abba, BoneyM and The Beatles the fodder for the rebellious streak came from the rockers [...]
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