Rahul Gandhi’s Coming-of-Age Movie Finds No Buyers

New Delhi/Lucknow 25 September 2009
Perhaps it was not a good idea to start with. Rahul Gandhi’s ambitious coming-of-age movie, ‘PAPPU CAN DANCE SAALA’, under-production for the last 7-years, is close to completion now. But unfortunately, and cynics say expectedly, the Rs. 2000 Crore film has no takers.
Shot entirely on-location primarily in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra [...]

Too Many Girls Hugging Too Many Girls For Facebook Profile Pictures

Berkeley. 21 September 2009
A path-breaking research by UC Berkeley’s Center for Social Studies has concluded what many were fearing for the last few months – too many girls are hugging too many girls to get the “most socially acceptable” profile picture on Facebook and other networking sites.
The study conducted over a period of 4-months scanned [...]

China Invades ‘Aaj Tak’

New Delhi. 19 September 2009.
After days of speculating an attack, India’s Best News Channel Aaj Tak was today invaded by Chinese Forces at 0245 hours. A company of Chinese Elite Forces RX-12-HU descended on Aaj Tak headquarters in Central Delhi and mounted a 3-pronged attack on the 10,000 square feet office area comprising of [...]

CommonWealth 2010 Renamed As CommonPlace 2010

New Delhi. 16 September 2009.
In a strategic move aimed at relieving the Delhi administration off any deadlines and unachievable ambitions related to the upcoming Commonwealth Games 2010, the Government of India stepped in today to rename the sporting event as ‘CommonPlace 2010′. Cabinet Sports Minister MS Gill and IOA President since AD 1726 Mr. [...]

Andhra Farmers Miss ‘Golden-Chance’ of Suicide Because of No Electricity

Hyderabad. 14 September 2009.
With each passing-day, and with every new poignant story coming to light from far-flung villages of Andhra Pradesh almost two weeks after YSR’s death, the scale of the calamity is dawning steadily on the state officials. “Our village has no electricity, no other form of communication…we had no idea YSR was [...]

Austere Indian Minister Quits ‘Paapad’, Drought-Hit Farmers Euphoric

New Delhi. 13 September, 2009.
In a rarest of rare case, an Indian Union Minister gave the much-publicized austerity-drive a huge fillip by quitting the Indian food accompaniment ‘paapad’ to show solidarity with the government’s drought-relief programs. “I can’t bring myself to have that paapad, especially when moong-daal, the basic ingredient of my favorite paapads, [...]