Swine Flu

New Yorkers used to "bless you" when you sneezed...now they scorn at you with a look that says "*@#$% you"

Elections

Our elections are about electing the least in-eligible!

American Village

No matter how much Middletown is a wannabe city..masquerading beneath the existence of Walmart, Macy's and the like, its a village that would make Bharathiraja put his hands together and start a movie with his patented "Yen iniya Tamizh makkalae"

TV News

When was the last time something you watched on TV helped you tide over a crisis or something that you watched on Discovery stuck to your cranium?

All middle class professional Madhavans of the world who chide housewives watching Mega-serials - you are no different.

Nobody knows anything

Conversations in the coffee machine used to revolve around

* Sachin's overseas average minus sub-continent vs Rahul Dravid's,
* Effect of flyover construction on traffic congestion or
* occasionally around the girl who filled coffee just before...

It seemed pointless then, but it has sunk to new lows with

* Capital adequacy ratio
* CDOs
* Exports as a percentage of GDP

One wants to scream..guys wash the cups, dry your hands and get back to work.

2008

Some call it annus horribilis...

It would be more appropriate for the world to call annus anus!

Heart bleeds

Long after...

* the shrill talking heads turned silent
* a meek speech was mumbled
* a Deshdhrog's head rolled

..pain of hurt to a city whose attacked landmarks have personal memories & attachments will linger on.