The Underpants of Homer
Although my quest for superhero underpants remains unsuccessful, I have discovered the next best thing: Homer Simpson underpants. They’re electric blue boxer shorts with ‘Doh!’ and ‘Donuts’ speech...
View ArticleNot Wasting Food
Love Food Hate Waste has five tips on how to save money by not wasting food (via). Although the list has been designed with a UK audience in mind, some of the tips hold equally well for us junta...
View ArticleThe Rich Are Not Like Each Other
There are three kinds of rich people in India. Lalas, yuppies and hippies. If you’re a rich person in India you pretty much fall into one of these three stereotypes unless you’re a rich hermit or...
View ArticleWhy is there no Yuppie Programming?
So what is it about TV that inspired me to write arbit posts defining lalas, yuppies and hippies? Well, it’s like this. Ever since I started watching TV about four months ago (when I moved in with...
View ArticleDilli-6 and Hippie Saturation
Remember my post from last year about how there are no yuppies shown in Indian television or blockbuster movies? Any character you come across in them is either a member of a lala business family or...
View ArticleThe Yuppies Return
I am in grave danger of becoming as obsessed about my hippie-yuppie-lala theory as much as Skimpy is about his studs-and-fighters theory. But there’s now a new Madhavan/ Vidya Balan Airtel ad, and...
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