Archive for September, 2008
PR kiya toh darna kya
Transcript of conversation with anonymous public relations professional on newsroom phone a few days ago. Edited for readability.
(Phone rings)
Sidin: Hello… Sidin (It is a miserable habit of mine, that line. So many people respond by saying: “No.”)
Random PR professional: Hello Sidin! This is <mallu name> from <name of PR company>!
S: Hi. Tell me.
RPRP: I have [...]
The telegram is dying. Achoo! And so am I.
Sniff. Cough. Wheeze.
Quite pleased with this longish cover story in last weekend’s Lounge. Too long to cut and paste the whole thing here. But here is a little amuse bouche of the story and a link to download the pdf of the two-page spread.
Have a terrible cold. So don’t expect anything cheery for a day [...]
What “Singur Tata” fiasco character are you?
One of the nicest features of social networking site Facebook is the ability to check out hot babes who are friends with the women who work in your office intermingle with other professionals in the same industry and swap ideas on, in my case, writing and publishing and so on.
Another wonderful thing about Faceboook is [...]
Blogger crippled by floundering economy
Many of you think believe that us blogger/writer/journalists live lives of luxury and excess. What with the traveling, the informal work attire and the fluffy deliverables. “Maybe this week I will write a piece on the potato!” is what most of you think we are thinking about all the time with our feet propped [...]
Pee pee lady
It is astonishing how much innovation is happening in the field of human waste processing. People are obsessed with inventing new ways to… err… process excretions. Like the new pocket toilet for women. Toilet. Pocket sized. For women. Oh yeah. Awesome. Gag.
No more chocolate, cheese and watches!
Muammar Gaddafi is crazy. His son is crazy. His son is called Hannibal. His son beat people up with a belt in Switzerland. Gaddafi hates Switzerland. Gaddafi wants to BAN/ABOLISH Switzerland. I like.
