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Category Archives: Satire
Flash News: ‘No-panty’ Yana shows India is booming
Venky Vembu In the Vanities No one wears panities —- Ogden Nash, Theatrical Reflection In the early 1990s, when the Indian economy was opening up to the world, foreign consumer brands, in the first flush of excitement, came tripping … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, India, Satire, Sexuality
Tagged Economy, Hemline Index, India, lingerie, market research, Yana Gupta, Zeenat Aman
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Politics of ‘going solo’
(This column was published in DNA edition dated October 16, 2010.) Venky Vembu A US comedian once famously jested that American presidents do to the country what they ought to be doing to their wives. In recent times, however, a … Continue reading
Aussie Amar, American Advani!
(A satirical column published in DNA edition dated September 4, 2010.) Venky Vembu One of our widely acknowledged failings as Indians is a general reluctance – or, worse, an incapacity – to leverage our exceptional skills and take them to … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, elections, Mosque at Ground Zero, outsourcing, politics
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Dear Julia Roberts, what is your caste?
(A satirical column published in DNA edition dated August 14, 2010.) Venky Vembu Dear Ms Julia Roberts It has been brought to our attention, here at the Census bureau of India, that you have recently proclaimed yourself a “practising Hindu” … Continue reading
Let’s outsource the Commonwealth Games!
(A satirical column published in DNA edition dated July 31 2010.) Venky Vembu The news that the construction of stadiums and hotels for the Delhi Commonwealth Games is horribly behind schedule has justifiably given rise to much existential angst. It … Continue reading
10 whacky wishes for ’10
(This satirical column was published in DNA edition dated January 1, 2010.) Venky Vembu Sociologists and economists predict that 2010 will be a “Goldilocks year” – that is (as in the children’s story of the little girl and the Three … Continue reading
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