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May I Hebb Your Attention Pliss!
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| Author:
Arnab
Ray
| Language:
English
| Format:
Paperback
Publisher:
Harpercollins
Author:
Arnab
Ray
Language:
English
Format:
Paperback
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The
wave of liberalization in the 1990s changed forever the face of India. It
bolstered the economy. It raised the stock index. It raised hem lines of
skirts even more. It led to the growth of the fashion police And also the
moral police. Numbered items became item numbers. To the twenty-two scheduled
languages were added C, Cobol, Java. You were either watching sitcoms or
starting dotcoms. News became entertainment. Entertainment became news.
Terror struck the country-sometimes in the form of gunmen from across the
border and sometimes in the form of Bollywood movies. To SMS-ize-‘It wuz da
best of tyms, it wuz da wrst of tyms’ Having been a part of this chaotic
revolution in popular culture, blogger Arnab Ray of takes a funny, sarcastic,
politically incorrect and totally irreverent look at assorted random stuff
including Bollywood C-grade revenge masalas, ribald songs of the people,
movie punching, fake educational institutes, stubborn bathroom flushes,
unreal reality shows, the benefits of corruption, opulent weddings, brains in
toaster ovens, seedy theatres and pompous non-resident Indians.Nothing here
is off-limits and no cow too holy.We guarantee it
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The
wave of liberalization in the 1990s changed forever the face of India. It
bolstered the economy. It raised the stock index. It raised hem lines of
skirts even more. It led to the growth of the fashion police And also the
moral police. Numbered items became item numbers. To the twenty-two scheduled
languages were added C, Cobol, Java. You were either watching sitcoms or
starting dotcoms. News became entertainment. Entertainment became news.
Terror struck the country-sometimes in the form of gunmen from across the
border and sometimes in the form of Bollywood movies. To SMS-ize-‘It wuz da
best of tyms, it wuz da wrst of tyms’ Having been a part of this chaotic
revolution in popular culture, blogger Arnab Ray of takes a funny, sarcastic,
politically incorrect and totally irreverent look at assorted random stuff
including Bollywood C-grade revenge masalas, ribald songs of the people,
movie punching, fake educational institutes, stubborn bathroom flushes,
unreal reality shows, the benefits of corruption, opulent weddings, brains in
toaster ovens, seedy theatres and pompous non-resident Indians.Nothing here
is off-limits and no cow too holy.We guarantee it
About Author
Arnab Ray
also known as Greatbong (http://greatbong.net) is one of India's most widely
read bloggers, having won the publicly voted Indibloggies 'Blog of the Year'
in 2006 and 2008. He has written for the Washington Post, Outlook and
Indiatimes. He graduated from Jadavpur University as a Bachelor in Computer
Science and Engineering and went on to finish his PhD in Computer Science
from State University of New York at Stony Brook. He is presently employed as
a research scientist and resides in the suburbs of Washington DC.
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