Posted in Current Affairs at 11:48 pm by BangaloreTalks
The slaying of Benazir comes across as a major blow to the millions of people in the sub-continent who have grown sentimentally attached to the four most charismatic and illustrious families in South Asia. The Nehru-Gandhi family, the Bhutto family, the Sheikh Muzib-ur-Rehman and the Kumaratunga- Bhandaranaike family are there, right in the Top bracket, when there is any mention of the political elite of this part of the world. All members of these families were feted and felicitated when alive and mourned collectively by the nation when any of its members met a violent death.
These families have been eulogized in their countries so much that they have become synonymous with their countries to the outside world. Read more »
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Posted in Humour at 7:23 am by The Intellectual Terrorist
Very few people know this. Balaji Telefilms doesn’t have a scipt writer. They have a computer program that writes(generates) the script.
This is how they do it.
They feed the computer a list of standard entities consisting of the below:
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Posted in Current Affairs, Humour at 6:08 am by The Intellectual Terrorist
Since Pepsi and Coke are now being banned in most states and also in schools and offices, the soft drink companies have started selling the colas to farmers. Farmers are using these colas as pesticides and spraying them indiscriminately in their fields, causing greater concern for environmentalists. Over indulgent mothers are now worried that children will start eating more vegetables and consume coke clandestinely through natural means. Read more »
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Posted in Inspiration, Miscellaneous at 1:47 pm by BangaloreTalks
This article is adapted from Taslima Nasrin’s April 28, 1996 speech at Harvard University, sponsored hy the Humanist Chaplaincy. Read more »
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Posted in Current Affairs, Inspiration at 1:19 pm by BangaloreTalks
My mother used purdah. She wore a burqa with a net cover in front of the face. It reminded me of the meatsafes in my grandmother’s house. One had a net door made of cloth, the other of metal. But the objective was the same: keeping the meat safe. My mother was put under a burqa by her conservative family. 
They told her that wearing a burqa would mean obeying Allah. And if you obey Allah, He would be happy with you and not let you burn in hellfire. My mother was afraid of Allah and also of her own father. He would threaten her with grave consequences if she didn’t wear the burqa. Read more »
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Posted in Humour, Miscellaneous at 12:55 pm by BangaloreTalks
I was shocked to learn that colas contain pesticides. I was under the impression that they contained rat poison, Baygon spray, and lead from batteries. But my alcoholic father, on his death bed, convinced me that these were the main ingredients in the arrack he drank. So the colas looked a lot milder. Just pesticides huhn? Read more »
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Posted in Inspiration, Miscellaneous at 3:54 am by BangaloreTalks
I had no problem accepting this invitation at all. This is the best thing we can do in India, to respect and also show gratitude, not just to our parents, mother and father, but the teacher who makes us so. Read more »
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Posted in Humour at 7:21 am by BangaloreTalks
1) Project Manager is a Person who thinks nine women can deliver a baby in One month.
2) Developer is a Person who thinks it will take 18 months to deliver a Baby.
3) Onsite Coordinator is one who thinks single woman can deliver nine babies in one month.
4) Client is the one who doesn’t know why he wants a baby.
5) Marketing Manager is a person who thinks he can deliver a baby even if no man and woman are available.
6) Resource Optimization Team thinks they don’t need a man or woman; they’ll produce a child with zero resources.
7) Documentation Team thinks they don’t care whether the child is delivered, they’ll just document 9 months.
Quality Auditor is the person who is never happy with the PROCESS to produce a baby.
And lastly……………..
9) Tester is a person who always tells his wife that this is not the Right baby.
Contributed By Harshada B
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Posted in Miscellaneous at 11:47 am by BangaloreTalks
Khushwant Singh is many things to many people. More you read about him, hungrier you get. He is the high priest of journalism and can be said to be India’s best. he is a free thinker and an international celebrity. Khushwant Singh had become a legend and an icon in his lifetime. He is a lawyer, critic and columnist. He is a prolific writer and historian. He is a man people love to hate and may even agree “Not a nice man to know”. Yet, you would love to read him day after day to no end. Read more »
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Posted in Humour at 10:45 am by The Editor
Thanks K Karthik for this forward
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