496. Your Typing style reveals your mood.
When I was three years old, I wrote my first love letter to my kindergarten girlfriend Renu. The letter was confiscated by my teacher and she told that I would become a writer in future. Her prediction has come true. To read my first love letter click here [ link ] Over the years , I have come across people speaking in different styles of English. Some speak in a way that people like me can understand. Some use complicated sentences and sophisticated language and make it hard for people like me to understand. Some have pathetic English …
495. Kapil Sibal and the Screen.
There were days when Justin Bieber used to Trend for eternity on Twitter. Then the change came. Recently Ravindra Ashwin trended when he scored a century. Sunny Leone also trended when she appeared on Big Boss. Please don't google to find who this Sunny Leone is. You might invite trouble free of cost. This week, When I logged into my twitter account, I found Kapil Sibal trending on twitter. Why would a politician trend on twitter was the first question that came to my mind. Then I found that Kapil had actually tried to build a Berli…
494. When my wife cooks.
When my wife cooks For those who know me personally,you would know that I love cooking. Beef is my favorite dish. When I was a bachelor, I always had friends coming over to my place and I just loved to cook for them. The love for cooking started when I started living away from home. In the beginning I missed home cooked food made by mom. But later when I learnt to cook, I started enjoying it. When I was a kid, I hated Idlis. I used to throw them out of the window when ever my mom made idlis for breakfast. Now I miss those idlis.…
493. The death of Kamalinga Kaju (Horror Movie)
My second movie. No one was hurt while filming this movie. Watch this movie at your own risk. Parental (Non) Guidance is necessary. Will this movie win the Oscars? -Chronicwriter
492. Cold War
The word Cold War came into existence in the mid 1900s when the communist states in Soviet Russia fought for power. An actual war did not take place; but every move by the states was a proof that they hated each other. We find this cold war everywhere. It exists between a Husband and wife to find who makes the rule at home. It exists between a brother and sister to find who gets the better treatment from their parents. It exists between siblings for the fight for the TV remote control. When two people end up sitting next to each other for a…
491. Laziest people in the world.
With the advancement of technology man is becoming lazier and lazier everyday. There was a time when I used to come home from school, take a bath, change my clothes and go out to play cricket with my friends. I used to be brisk and hyper active. But these days , the story has changed. I come home and land in the couch and reach for the remote control and just lie there and watch TV till dinner time. Most of the time I wouldn't even remove my socks. Even when I use the laptop, I used to lie down on the bed and write blog posts. Then one d…
490.Little Terrorists
Diwali is finally over. It was supposed to be the festival of lights. But in Chennai it became the festival of Noise pollution.I wasn't able to drive the car because of lack of visibility and I had to stay indoors because of the smoke. The little boys in our colony ( I live in a small colony) were like little terrorists the whole week. Every one of them had a fire cracker in their hand. The dogs in the colony disappeared from the scene. These dogs used to terrorize the colony on other days by chasing the little kids, howl and bark in chor…
489. Curiosity Kills
When I was a little boy, I was a big time fan of the classic cartoon series "Tom and Jerry". Even now it never fails to make me smile. In the late 80s and the early 90s Tom and Jerry was screened in Doordarshan between 4pm to 4.30 pm. I and my sister would sit in front of the TV sets and we would cheer Jerry for his pranks against Tom. In fact no one liked Tom except my sister. My sister and I fought like cats and dogs when we were kids. When it comes to sports I was a fan of Martina Navratilova, Gabriella Sabatini , Monica Sele…
488. Acquired Breaking News Virus.
NDTV and TimesNow are the two leading OPINION makers in India. They telecast their own opinions which contradict each other. These two channels suffer from a dangerous disease called as Acquired Breaking News Virus. Little kids usually fight with each other for numero-uno position. I finished eating first. I finished doing the homework first. I finished coloring the book first. I finished my potty time first. The kids fight for everything. Competition is in the blood of every human being. This competitive spirit when it crosses the limit trans…
487. Before and After Marriage
Driving the car Before Marriage (BM) : 140 kmph on the EC road in Chennai in my Alto car After Marriage (AM) : Not allowed to cross 50 kmph on the same EC road in Chennai. Wife's eyes are always on the speedo-meter. Once the 50kmph mark is crossed, I get pinched. Spending Time at Home BM : Bachelor-hood is indeed Heaven on earth experience for a man. One can spend the night anywhere. I had slept on my car, I had slept at my friends places. I have remained awake some nights too chatting with friends. AM : Gotta be at home before 8 pm. Die…
486. Facebook has attained Puberty
When Facebook was launched in the year 2004, I and my friends did not take it seriously. We were busy on social networking platforms like Hi5 and Orkut. The Orkut bug had bitten India in a bigger way and all of us were victims of that bug. I ate, slept and lived my life on the social networking platform Orkut. My experience with Orkut made me to write two advice columns on how to use Orkut for maximum benefits. 1) Orkut for men [ link ] 2) Orkut for women [ link ] In the year 2005, a friend of mine invited me to join Facebook. I j…
485. Poverty Eradicated from India?
The Planning commission of India has made a wonderful statement in its affidavit to the supreme court. According to the affidavit an individual income of Rs.25 per day is enough to push a person above the poverty line. This statement reminds me of my Ethics Professor who always believed in confusing us if he couldn't convince us. The Poverty line is now fixed at Rs 4284 per month in cities. If only such benchmark were adopted in the world of sports, Indian football team would qualify for football world cup, Sania Mirza would win a grand s…
484. Yo Baby
Yo Baby The other day I waiting for the red light to turn Green and my car was stuck in the middle of a jam-packed traffic.I saw an old lady knocking all the windows of cars~ begging for money. She came near my car and as I rolled down the window pane, she said "Yo Baby! Gimme some money ". She did make me smile. I was first introduced to this word "Yo-Baby" in the year 1999. I did my bachelors in engineering in a French-influenced city called Pondicherry. The first day in college- a young guy came to me , with two folde…
483. Happy Engineer's day
Today is Engineer's day. Engineers are the breed you find everywhere these days. During the days when my dad toiled hard in the IIT campus for his engineering degree, only 1% of the college going population took engineering as a course. But today only 1 % of the college going population do not take engineering as a course. Everyone is an engineer these days. What do you do after you are done with your engineering degree? "I really don't have a clue" is the answer that almost all the engineers give. Chronicwriter is also…
482. Girls and Facebook
"Dear Facebook, Every time I add a girl you ask me "Do you know her?" Is she your sister? " This was an innocent question r aised b y an innocent friend of mine recently. Facebook has asked the same question to me too. Facebook has never asked the question when I add boys. Is Facebook showing any partiality towards the fairer members of the human species? The other day, some of my girl friends were talking to me and they complained to me that they were getting too many fraansheep requests from many strangers. Were they …
481. One Fanta, 8 Girls,and a Quarter.
Number of people Involved in the adventure : 8 girls Adventure : Getting drunk How? : Mix one quarter whiskey with 500 ml of fanta and gulp them all down 1) All set for the adventure Bottle ready, Tumbler ready, fanta ready and girls are ready too. 2) The whiskey is poured into the tumbler, Pickle is also ready now. All set to gulp and get drunk 3) My head is spinning The next day, the girls went around telling their friends that they too have passed the grade and are expert drunkards. Women prove all drunk-quotes do not apply to…
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