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Mr.R is upto his usual work. Cleaning the desk- the first thing he does when he steps into his cabin. ‘A tiresome week!’ says something in his head. ‘Atleast all the bills are cleared…Or is it?’ ‘Let’s check… the electricity, grocery bills, family insurance, mediclaim, credit/debit card clearance, car EMI, housemaid’s salary, typist’s salary, driver’s salary, D’s tuition fee…Phew! I’ll be damned if I leave out something, if at all anything. Huh! What am I thinking?? I’m going nuts.’ A knock. ‘Mr.R?’ ‘You’re late’ ‘I can explain-’ ‘Get to work!’ he bellowed at the timid thing, I mean, the typist cum attendant.        Mr.R set right the photo stand on his desk. He saw his wife’s eyes staring blankly at him, with a trace of a smile on her lips though. ‘How expressionless they are!’ he wondered. ‘Always the same. One can never trust those eyes - those two black, boring eyes’. And there were D’s eyes smirking at him. He doesn’t see him smile th...

Planning to make an out-and-out cop cum action movie in Tamil? Make sure every scene follows the concept below.       The hero/cop must manhandle all the dowdy rowdies in the five plus action fight sequences single handedly.       The heroine should be made to stalk her man. It’s important that she proposes her love first.       Her other role is to fall prey to the on-the-prowl villain and eventually get rescued by the hero.       Care should be taken to render the dialogues at the highest decibel level permitted. The hero and the villain must always try to outdo each other’s vocalization skills.       A cop is a good cop only if he is sensitive to others’ sentiments. His dialogues must make the bad guy repent for his sins.       Not the last and not the least, the hero must be the only one who takes the right decision...

We spend nearly half an hour to think and write the general essay in our English exams. What we write painstakingly is only given a glance by the teacher and marks are awarded sparingly.  Shouldn’t marks be given amply to encourage such idle, oops, Ideal minds to come up with brilliant ideas in their essays?? However, here are two essays I wrote in the class 11 exams. I got a 7 and a half in the first one and eight in the next (out of 10). Most of the stuff is made up, so please don’t charge me with copyright infringement!  Present day lifestyle – Merits and demerits    Introduction  It’s better to think about the present than the past or the future for it is the result of the past and the cause of the future. The present holds the key to the future. But lifestyles do not remain the same. It changes from time to time. And hence the question- ‘Does lifestyle affect the present day scenario?’ arises. Let us see the merits and demeri...

This is the second one of my school essays. It took me nearly an hour to write this in the exam. India ’s 60 years of achievement Introduction India is a land of many colours. India has endured many drastic but dramatic changes in the past 60 years of its freedom. Her accomplishments during this period are uncountable. Let us go through some of her innumerous achievements as a quick read, in the following essay. India and her people Sixty years back, India was a land, similar to a re-born child, just freed from the clutches of the British. Over 90% of the population was from the rural background . The literacy rate was extremely low. Industries, except those established by the East India Company were yet to develop. People were left to recover from the all the damage caused by the partition . But change happened fast. People began to value the culture of our nation as a whole. In 1950, India became a republic. Eight languages were given offici...

Our whole house is missing granny, my dad’s mom. She’s our unpaid house keeper. Everyone, but my mom, in our house is on vacation and she’s no exception. She has packed her lots or rather, a single yellow cloth bag and gone to stay at her relation’s place for some much needed rest. On a normal day, she prepares half of the day’s meal (the rest by my mom), puts all the dirty clothes in the washing machine, hangs them out in the sun, tidies up my parents’ bed room and of course, supervises the domestic help. Now in her absence, mom has to prepare everythin’, the dirty clothes are lying around the washing machine, not inside it and my parents’ master bedroom has turned into a monster bedroom. Grandma is nearly 80 years old. She is so frail, has severe knee pain and fibroids. But I tell you, she doesn’t ever stay idle. She spends all afternoon chopping vegetables for that day, the next day and the day that comes after it. My dad particularly didn’t buy that easy vegetable cutter thin...

I write this review after a month the movie was released. I’ve never watched a film on the first day (not even the first week). But I can’t get over the urge to write this review.     Cast :    Karthi, Tamannah, Milind Soman Director : Lingusamy The story The easy-go-lucky Shiva falls head over heels on seeing Charulatha at first sight. As she turns up wherever he goes, he loses his senses, messes up with his friends and even misses his interview. Luck has it that she ends up seeking his help to travel all the way to Bombay (Thank God the Sena folks don’t watch Tamil movies!). And when the damsel in distress has goondas from Andhra chasing her, the knight in shining armor has his own problems from his previous visit to the destined city.     Karthi’s transformation from a village hunk to an urbane guy is only partially complete. If only he had sported a clean-shaven look….  However he puts in a solid perform...

TEXT YOUR DAY For all those who’ve got summer vacation - It’s a boring day and you don’t know what to do. But you are left with your mobile and you’ve got message booster with which you can send 16,000 free local SMS. Here are 5 fun ways to beat time. I guarantee that I’ve tried them and they are safe. Create your own slam-book. Here’s a sample. Nick name: Date of Birth: Hometown: Fav food: Fav dress: Best friend: Ambition: What gift would you like to get on your birthday?: Or you can ask a host of other questions that you’re afraid to ask your friend, for example, What do you think is my weakness? or How close am I to you? If you send it to some ten people, atleast six are bound to answer it. Say their horoscope Just ask their date of birth with which you can know what zodiac they belong to. Here’s the chart . Aries               March 22- April 20 Taurus          ...