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A TWEET AND SOUR LOOK AT NEWS HEADLINES
01.22.2010
Pak swears revenge for IPL snub. Is this “Every auction has an equal and opposite reaction”? Or “bad cases make Badla”?
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http://j.mp/6QRdKC

01.22.2010
RGV : “Rann is a men’s film”. Unlike Kaun, which was a tense film. And Aag, which was a dense film.
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http://j.mp/7tUeW1

01.22.2010
Chavan takes U-turn on taxi permits. This kind of vacillation is called – Cabbie Haan, Cabbie Na.
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http://j.mp/4vGKCu

01.18.2010
Release of Rann postponed. Looks like RGV is worried it’ll turn out to be another also-Rann.
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http://j.mp/8Myb9b

01.17.2010
So if I say, “Jyoti Basu died at 11.47 a.m., yet again almost making it to p.m.”, it would be in bad taste uh?
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01.17.2010
Why do people insincerely say good things about a person when he or she dies? Are they scared of ghosts?
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01.16.2010
CJI wants a daily allowance for his wife at taxpayer expense. He seems to be the Cheap Justice of India.
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http://j.mp/52n4s7

01.16.2010
Air India breaks Amjad Ali Khan’s sarod. Now they better say “Sa Ri” to him.
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http://j.mp/540b3P

01.16.2010
Two held for theft of bull. Can they be given er… Bail.
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http://j.mp/5ffVf1

01.16.2010
Why can’t prisoners have sex in jails, court asks Maharashtra Govt. Yeah, let’s now have some Vigorous Imprisonment.
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http://j.mp/4SzxPB

01.16.2010
A plot on the moon as b’day gift for Mayawati. She must have asked for Chanda, I guess.
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http://j.mp/5vKiBp (link via @iyerdeepak)

01.14.2010
Mayawati offers financial support to Indian hockey team. Obviously she likes the fact that HI is a white elephant.
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http://j.mp/7qPE85

01.14.2010
Man caught trying to smuggle liquor into jail. The management has a strict policy that outside drinks are not allowed.
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http://j.mp/7uNzbO

01.13.2010
TOI H/L – Preserve Indianness, exhorts Sri Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. The editor did his job of over-Sri-ing the copy.
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http://j.mp/4VBUzR

01.13.2010
Do you know why we get step-motherly treatment in Australia? Because it is Foster Home.
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