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Testing embedding of Perisqope quizzes

I'm writing this while on vacation...taking time off while waiting for the cab to come in and take me to the Dharmashala cricket stadium.

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In the next 3 days, we will start hearing about the laments of how a billion people can produce fewer than 10 Olympic medals. The outrage will last for a week; some companies/ people will (hopefully) donate some money to the Olympic Gold Quest and assume their responsibility is over.

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While I couldn’t read the book, I did the next best thing – I checked out Sheena Iyengar’s TED talk on the art of choosing. I was surprised at how she drew such perceptive inferences from the experiments she had conducted. It would have been dull, drab data for her.

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Is it the rest? Is it the exercise? Is it the nice heavy breakfast? Is it peace of mind? Is it getting rid of the below-par, irritating co-workers? Is it refusing to watch the news shows? Is it the conscious attempt to stop getting into a self-righteous mode? Is it the watering of plants every morni

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11:52 AM : I fall for the temptation. Let's check the score on cricinfo.com. But while the page is loading (cue for cricinfo - stop those interstitial ads, they are irritating), I have a bet myself - what will the score be? I say 30 for 2; the inner me says 30 for 3. I win - it is 39 for 2.

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I'm sure everyone who reads this blog knows about Ramanand and knows what a great guy he is. Still, I thought the increase in my fandom levels should be made public - JR has been hosting a daily question blog called Infinite Zounds.

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The next time someone tries to pitch Amway or Oriflame or any other Multi level marketing scheme to you, this is what your response should be :

This is great. I'll sign up with you. But you will have to do me a favour in return.

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It was interesting to read in today's papers about the felicitation of the Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam at Kesariwada by the Savarkar Smriti Pratishthan in Pune.Nikam shared the dais with Himani Savarkar, among others.

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Let me first get the confession out of the way – this post is about illegal mining. If you got conned by the headline into clicking on the link, well, that is half the point I’m trying to establish.

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I attended Seth Godin’s talk at the ISB, which was organized by Acumen Fund.

What can a start-up learn from Manchester United, from Sir Alex Ferguson? After starting Tender Leaves, I may not have spent long enough but I think I can already teach you a thing or two about starting up and entrepreneurship. Start-ups are about dreams,it is your own Theatre of Dreams.

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I don't have that image but because of Velu, I have taken such positive steps in my life. 'Even' a Velu has good utility value if you know how to look for it.

If you don't understand this post, forget it.

I never get clothes that fit me. The 34-inch waist is too loose and 32-inch is too tight! The shirts that are on display are ones that I wouldn't be caught dead in.

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This may or may not have happened. Any claims of resemblance to real or fictional characters have as much truth in them as suggesting that a certain family is involved with the co. founded by Alfred Nobel. As far as I'm concerned, this is fiction and nothing more.

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I have always been fascinated by how parenting has been able to shape world history. The two examples that immediately come to mind are Aurangzeb and Indira Gandhi.

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The best part about today's match was not the super-vintage performance by Ryan Giggs; not the unexpected haul of two goals by Darren Fletcher; not the clever winner by Owen; not the fact that Nani didn't play; not the fact that Tevez didn't score but...Rio Ferdinand is done with his mandatory brain

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It has been ages since I posted anything on this blog. Not that I have been totally anti-social in all this while.

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I have read some of the reports of Modi's speeches in Maharashtra and he is clearly missing the trick. I think the reason why SS didn't want Modi to campaign in Maharashtra was exactly this - he will surely get the aaghadi out hit wicket (continuing with the cricketing analogy).

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Some pictures from our trip to Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Indonesia are up on my photo blog.

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This is the best opportunity for Arun Bhatia to re-launch his political career. If there was ever a time when the urban electorate would vote without keeping in mind the usual suspects like caste, money, populist promises, it is this.

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Smarting under the snub of the father of Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, the slain National Security Guard (NSG) commando, Kerala Chief Minister V.S.

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Super brilliant article by Rohit Brijnath.

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Ok, I have not been as desperate about Manchester United winning as I usually am. There is probably a feeling of "I have achieved it all with my team and it is time to move on".

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I got a call from Tata AIG - for renewing my car insurance in November.

I: Renew to November mein karoonga, tab tak AIG rahegi kya?

Call Centre guy : aapne bahut achha sawaal poochha hai. lekin aapko to pata hoga, har ghar mein kuchh na kuchh problem to hoti hi hai.

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Hopefully the sight of Guru Greg does to the Indian team what his statements did to Lara in the ODI series during India's last tour of the West Indies.

Added some pictures to my photoblog.

Check out this show on DD National - it is called Wheel Smart Shrimati. It is hosted by Annu Kapoor (What a phenomenal waste of talent). I couldn't watch it yesterday long enough to understand how it goes because Navya had to be told a story but it is clearly the Mother of all WTF shows.

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I just love it when a champion who is put down by everybody comes back to show his true class - to serve a reminder to people that they didn't make him the champion that he was(I'd say is) and there's no way that they are the ones who write him off. Great show, Federer.

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I just can't help laugh at Raj Thackeray's response to the State Government's Show Cause notice where he has invoked his rights accorded by the Constitution to every citizen of India.

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Looks like she can surely outdo Pratibha 'Tai' Patil -and no, we are not talking about budget earmarks or pregnancies or her views on who her daughter should marry.

In June 2008, Palin spoke at her former church.

I think 'reserving' seats in the finals of a quiz is preposterous. But then, I'm not participating in this quiz. Now that I don't have a high opinion of this event, I'll make sure I bad-mouth this event as much as I can - only to those one or two readers who bother about my opinion.

Super performance. Brilliant.

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