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Desi Satire
April 2009 - “I like Paul Varghese,” I told them, “but I want to be like Abraham Verghese. Medicine is my calling.”

The Nandita Das File
April 2009 - “Mainstream cinema perceives me as an activist; and activists perceive me as an actress. So everyone wants to slot me, and I just like to say that I just like to do the things that I do.” (Khabar)

The Noureen DeWulf File
March 2009 - "Maybe it's a self-fulfilling prophecy, because when people keep telling you you're sexy, you become that. But I enjoy it. Sexuality is a part of life; why shy away from it?” (New York Post)

Desi Satire
March 2009 - I was chatting with a friend—let’s call him Varun—about books and movies. Varun considers himself an expert on almost everything. So I asked him to name his favorite books and movies.

Quota of Quotes
March 2009 - "Don't worry, it won't smell like urine and will be tasty too." -- Om Prakash, head of the Cow Protection Department of the RSS, announcing that a soft drink made from cow urine would be launched soon. (BBC.co.uk)

Desi Satire
February 2009 - Gupta Girls Excited About the New Surgeon General

Quota of Quotes
February 2009 - “It was like riding a tiger, not knowing how to get off without being eaten.” -- B. Ramalinga Raju, chairman of Satyam Computer Services

The A. R. Rahman File
February 2009 - "I have rubbed many a producer the wrong way by disturbing the schedule, but it has paid off." (The Hindu)

The Katrina Kaif File
January 2009 - “It's not my style to either wear minimum clothes, to strip or to even be comfortable with a sex-symbol label. I just want to do good work instead of sporting such meaningless tags.”

The Humor of Melvin Durai
January 2009 - The Principle of Making Obama Jokes

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