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MISSED CALLS
August 2011 - If someone says to you, “Give me a missed call,” you’d probably be confused—unless you’ve recently lived in India, where many people find the missed call quite useful.

Desi Satire: The Challenge of Being a Stay-at-Home Dad
August 2011 - I mostly write emails to my wife with questions such as: “Why isn’t the baby drinking from the bottle? Doesn’t she like Coke?” and “Is it okay if the baby watches Law & Order with me? She seems to like it.”

The Vikas Swarup File
August 2011 - “The second book is always the most difficult to write—there’s the ‘second book syndrome’—especially when the first book has become a big success. The pressure on the second book is much more.” (SPOT Philippines)

Desi Fun Online
August 2011 - Cheesy Proposal? / Geometric Art

Did That Really Happen?
August 2011 - True or False? 1. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s pregnancy was announced on Twitter by her father-in-law, Amitabh. ...

The Maulik Pancholy File
July 2011 - “When I was an undergrad at Northwestern, there was definitely a part of my cultural identity that I shied away from, that I was very distanced from – and that was the Indian part of me.”

Desi Satire
July 2011 - Bollywood actors enjoy great fame and adulation in India, but when they visit Western countries, they often go unrecognized. Such was the case for several who walked the red carpet at the recent Cannes Film Festival.

QUOTA OF QUOTES
July 2011 - “Bollywood girls are much slimmer than their counterparts down South. The size zero phenomenon would not be appreciated in the South. The men like their women to be fleshier.” – Actress Priyamani

The Humor of Melvin Durai
July 2011 - Bed bugs are showing up everywhere—in homes, hotels and even planes—and if you don’t watch out, you may find yourself as angry as the single middle-aged Toronto woman who thought she was hearing good news when a fortune teller told her, “You’ll never be alone in bed again.”

Quota of Quotes
June 2011 - “It wasn't part of my package, but if it gets to my desk, certainly I'll sign it." – Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, commenting on a state bill requiring candidates for Congress or the presidency to provide birth certificates before their names appear on ballots. (Fox8Live.com)

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