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Step Aside OK Go, Make Way for Wildlife Control
In the music world today, a simple three or four piece band can struggle to get attention in a sea of other acts following in the great Joy Division → New Order → Radiohead → The Strokes line. In this sea of, mostly mediocre, bands few stand out for absolute musical genius, all the others ...
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The truth about being an expat
by Nirja G
There really is none; life as an expatriate is pretty much the same as being at university. Only less fun, offers fewer hangovers, and a constant sense of being very important hangs above your head like a grainy halo. There is also the living in rubble, and having people scream Shah Rukh Khan at you randomly ...
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An open letter to the three irritating guys in the men’s loo in my office building
Dear employees of a British-Dutch multinational corporation with an Indian pseudonym, I am not referring to all of you, just three of your young, male colleagues who work in one of your smaller offices in this large city. Yes, I mean you, the three that always go to the men’s loo together. I don’t have ...
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I must accept that Chetan Bhagat has upset my sensibilities
This is India, you cannot hurt feelings here – Chetan Bhagat Chetan Bhagat’s mouth is a gift that keeps giving. Just how this poseur has managed to fool the public at large and literary festival organisers shocks me as much as his insights. The latest quote ...
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Why watching a movie with me is fun…Well, at least more fun than going to the dentist or being a victim of human trafficking.
It’s also more fun than being attacked by a barrel of monkeys or being slapped in the faced by a passing motorist but that would have made a really long title. A few days ago, I watched Mission Impossible with a friend who is from somewhere in America. SIDE STORY: I don’t know ...
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Reasons I Survived School
While most of us look back at school with extreme nostalgia accompanied with a warm, fuzzy feeling and pining for those innocent days I would like to remind you that they were actually pretty horrible. Well not all of it, the parts you reminisce about are pretty neat, but most of it was utter rubbish. If it ...
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An Aced Harry Potter Quiz
Even though I’ve only read the third book and watched only 2 of the movies (out of sequence), I feel like I pretty much aced this one. Thank god for Harry Potter fans that won’t stop talking about it. 1. Which Harry Potter word is now in the Oxford English Dictionary? pot·ter (noun) One that ...
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Resolving to Slack less and find John Cusack- Welcome 2012!
Somewhere between the beach and going back to work, 2011 came to an end. The best and worst lists have been posted. The epic wardrobe malfunctions of the year have their own slide show and I am just about getting ready to think about all the things I should have done differently last year. Needless ...
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How to guess if you are a pretend or genuine fan of….
1. Radiohead Pretend: Get drunk and depressed and keep singing the song Creep over and over. Do it in pubs while hugging friends and saying “This song really gets me”. You cannot tell another Radiohead song from an Oasis one (the horror!). Genuine: You love all the albums and wait eagerly for the next to ...