Vodafone Customer Care

May 21st, 2008

This actually happened to me. I kid you not. I had signed up for Vodafone’s (then Hutch) Phone Backup Service in India about a year ago. A few months ago, I got a new phone which did not support Vodafone’s Phone Backup software, and so, I called up Vodafone to cancel this service. And here’s what happened…

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What I Do For A Living…

May 15th, 2008

…Door-to-door used condom salesman. Business is slow.

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This one kills me no matter how many times I read it!

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Birthmark

March 2nd, 2008

The next time the Government Of India wants me to reveal intimate details about my anatomy, I will.

Varun Varma, 27 yo., Male

Birthmark:

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Mumbai Vs. Shanghai

January 27th, 2008

I don’t think that Manmohan Singh’s dream of turning Mumbai into another Shanghai will ever come true. How is going to convince 15 million Chinese to move to Mumbai?

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The Rape Of A Book

January 27th, 2008

I am an ordinary man. I have ordinary feelings. I have felt rage, envy, hatred - I can see why people become thieves and murderers. The one thing I have never been able to understand is the psychology of rape. Until now.

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120 Days Of Web 2.0

January 13th, 2008

Now I’ve really done it. I have started Facebooking like crazy. First this blog (the simple passions), then Facebook (the complex passions). What’s next? A page on MySpace.com (the criminal passions) and then trying to get 38,000 people to be my “friends” (the murderous passions)?

I have no shame. No self control. Marquis de Sade would be proud.

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A Letter To Mark Twain

June 10th, 2007

In 1897, a reporter was sent to investigate whether Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) had died. This was due to a mix up - in fact his was cousin who was seriously ill.

Twain wrote an article about the incident which included the famous quote - “The report of my death is an exaggeration”.

If I had been there, I would have immediately written to Twain:

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Hello world!

June 10th, 2007

Yes. I have done it - I have started a blog. I still intend to make good on my promise of putting up the content mentioned on my previous homepage, but obviously intend to do more through this blog. So - stay tuned!

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