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I have never been so ashamed of my spotless finger nails, especially the celeb one. These days, I move around with my left hand in a tight fist, hiding the clean index finger and cast enviable glances at all those who dare to flaunt their voting mark.

I confess, I didn’t vote on May 7. Not because there was any lack of motivation and not even because I am apathetic about the country. I didn’t vote because I was forced to travel out of town for some family emergency. Yet, the guilt rankles. ...

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Nano bookings have started. No, the rush isn’t of nano-size, if that’s what you were hoping for.

Even the rush to check this small wonder out at Westside and Titan showrooms is no less gigantic than the gate-crashing crowd at the car’s Delhi and Mumbai launch.

Probable buyers from all walks of life are checking it out. Some are serious about the money they want to invest while others just want a taste of the latest craze. Even the diamante-dripping socialite, who thinks it’s a disgrace to discuss a car that costs just half her monthly budget, is discreetly sending her chauffeur to fetch a booking form. “...

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This is the latest arsenal of the democratic psyche.

While Varun promises to chop off hands and Lalu vows to bulldoze him for his “audacity”, voters can keep their shoes “handy”. If votes don’t work, this will. You don’t even need to fill forms and register yourself.

Carry an extra pair whenever you attend a political rally and even before the neta can promise you the heaven on earth, aim and throw. If it hits bullseye, you have had your revenge for decades of corruption and apathy. And if it doesn’t, chances are it won’t, you will be a hero at least till the new shoe-chucker comes along. And as surveys say, hurling inanimate objects helps curb frustration and anger.
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Nano effect

A minister at a poll rally: “We want reservation in parking lots for SC/ST/OBCs.”

A man at a Westside showroom inspecting a Nano: “This car looks big. How can it be?”...

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In between the hype about the General Election, International Women’s Day, recession and the rest of the important things the world is talking about, I almost missed out that Holi is just two days away.

I would have forgotten it completely had not a mischievous water-filled balloon landed on me, wetting my favourite silk shirt. I looked around for the miscreant, spotting him as he aimed another missile at me from behind a verandah. I was ready to scream at him when I saw the gleam in his toddler eyes, a gleam that I had buried in my past, a gleam that had been forced away by adulthood....

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