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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.

Prepone Your Appointment
August 2011 - Daniel D’Mello, a Mumbai-based writer for CNNGo.com, has put together a list of what he calls “10 Classic Indianisms.” The most famous Indianism of all time, he contends, is “prepone,” a word that he’d like to see in all English dictionaries.

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.”

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. ...

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

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.”

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.”

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.

Emmanuel Noveen MalhotraL The Manny Malhotra File
June 2011 - Emmanuel Noveen Malhotra began playing organized hockey when he was 7. As a teen, he spent two years with the Guelph Storm of the Ontario Hockey League before joining the NHL’s New York Rangers. He is the second NHL player of South Asian origin.

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