by Sharique on March 16, 2007
Ok, this is cool. First you order your police to break into the office of a news channel, make them pay for the breach of ’self defined’ conduct and then you apologize. The Oscars definitely goes to Mr. Musharraf
From point blank
Several dozen policemen carrying batons and shields entered Geo TV and allegedly lobbed teargas shells inside the newsroom. They damaged computers, equipment and cut the channel’s Internet connection and broke windowpanes, said Geo TV journalists.
The true face of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s government being revealed as Islamabad’s police went on the rampage.
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by Sharique on March 13, 2007
I was first exposed to Internet in 2000. It was an era of costly browsing as the Internet revolution was in its incipient stage. People used to browse for mainly 2 reasons
1. For entertainment purposes like Desibaba,Desimama and the social networks of yahoo like chat rooms.
2. Exam results.
My friends created one yahoo id each and we used to send e-greetings to each other even though we were roommates. E-greetings were cool and it could have overtaken Archies card galleries only if the Internet charges wouldn’t have been Rs. 60/hour. One of my friend once saw me login to yahoo mail so he saw me enter my password. He later told me that he now knows my password. Upon asking he told me that it’s 5 stars, *****.
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by Sharique on March 13, 2007
The bloggies results are out and I realised it only after its over! Anyway here is the list of winners with nominees (definitely on my reading list)
Weblog of the Year
Winner
PostSecret
Nominees
Most Humorous Weblog
Winner
Go Fug Yourself
Nominees
Best Asian Weblog
Winner
Tokyo Girl Down Under
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by Sharique on March 12, 2007
This picture confirms my earlier speculations about the back-up plan of the Indian cricket team to escape secretly from the world cup. Points to be noted from the above picture
1. There is no Saurav Ganguly on the boat as Mr. Chappel is there
2. Sachin is with Zaheer and Chappel on his either sides.
3. Sreesanth seems to have now learned Caribbean belly dance which he practicing at the back.
Picture- HT
by Sharique on March 12, 2007
People cannot jokes the way it should be taken because everyone of us are not sardars!
A Sardar joke is just that — a joke You will find more Sardars in jokes than in the entire state of Punjab — or so goes a Sardar joke.
And a very good one at that! There are very few communities in the world that have the courage to laugh at themselves. The Sikh community is one of them. It is not easy to laugh at oneself and also share the same joke the next instant — it is the result of self-realisation.
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