Another trending topic. Another set of sad tweets from @tantanoo.
(Complete story at - http://storify.com/tantanoo/ifmahabharathappenednow)
Open letter to anyone.
Dear all,
Thank you for your outrage on rape. It was very important. Your marches and petitions have been well received. Really. I wish you all the success in your future endeavors and sincerely hope that the change you are trying to bring, is brought, swiftly and properly.
But since educating the youth, sex-education, judicial reforms, women empowerment and measures such as banning chowmein will take a few more decades to arrive, there are more things you can do.
4Tantanoo’s survival guide for the end of the world, the latest twilight movie and other disasters: Part 1
According to a 5125 year old calendar-maker who got bored of counting days, Nostradamus and John Cusack, the world is coming to an end on 21st December 2012. While a lot of people dismiss this as a rumor or a theory, I firmly believe that this is true. Why? Because Sachin Tendulkar hasn’t announced his retirement yet. So when the world ends on 21st December 2012, Sachin remains unbeaten. Not out. See?
2Tantanoo goes house-hunting in Chennai – Part 2
Dear friends, readers and that occasional Renuka Shahane admirer, welcome to the second edition of ‘Tantanoo goes house-hunting in Chennai’.
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Tantanoo goes house-hunting in Chennai
The last few weeks have been, to say the least, abysmal. I survived a train accident. I lost my Lava phone and two sim cards. My bank balance and Vatican City’s population are #samething now. I hardly read any book and am ridiculously behind on my reading challenge. My to-do list is longer than all the dossiers we’ve sent to Pakistan combined.
In other words, I’ve been knee-deep in shit.
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Aftermath
Twelve years ago, in 2000, my hometown witnessed one of the most horrifying attacks it had ever seen. You can read about the Arti Shrivastav acid attack here, a case that shook an entire city. Because incidents like these always shake cities and sensibilities. For a while. A few years later, one of my cousins told me about the pepper spray she carries with her and how she’s had guys follow her in car and how she’s had some very narrow escapes. Then there was that night I spent on the Blank Noise website trying to understand how rating women(something that me and most of my friends – male or otherwise – had/have occasionally indulged in) classifies as eve-teasing(about the same time I learned not to use the C-word while talking about people from the North-east).
And then, there was the Guwahati incident.
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