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Two film-makers reminisce about the making of their respective cult movies.

While Ram Gopal Verma retraces the strokes that led to Rangeela, Karan Johar takes us behind the scenes of Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham.

The reality show Splitsville falls from grace as it starts packaging sleaze and viciousness to grab TRPs.

The only possible explanation I can think of is that viewers of such kinds crave for two things – humiliation (of others) and skin show. And Splitsvilla happens to suffice both these urges. 20 something girls going all the way – from dressing low to flashing their bulbs assets, from back stabbing to in-front of the camera ridiculing one another, from belly dancing to bathroom tub caressing – they are letting nothing hold them back.

Sunil has a funny classification of the types of postdocs you should avoid.  If he avoided all those types, including category #4, I wonder if he ever gets to talk to any postdocs?

“Hey, what’s up? Things going well? How’s research and the job search?”

“Not really. I’m stuck working on some papers for publication”

“Isn’t that good?”

“No. They aren’t going to be Cell papers, which means they won’t get me a job, which means I’ve wasted the past five years. This area of research has no future.”

What if your world is full of typos? Tony was at the receiving end and writes what he had to go through.

I’m part of a special class of workers - we whores hook up often get paid well too. People who work with me are broad-minded and do not think that a girl like me is unfit for this kind of a job. I almost forgot to mention - We have a dress code - stripped shirts are a must.

This email is a cooked up one, nevertheless.

Was the former president of BJP, Venkaiah Naidu a Brahmin? Was Bangaru Laxman a Brahmin? Is the Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Damordas Modi a Brahmin? Is Yeddyurappa, CM of Karnataka a Brahmin? Raman Singh of Chattisgarh isn’t a Brahmin either. Uma Bharti who was one of the most vocal voices in BJP was a Lodhi Rajput. Lal Krishna Advani is a Sindhi. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Syed Shahnawaz Hussain are Muslims. This is just the tip of the iceberg and to say that BJP is ruled by Brahmins doesn’t make sense at all.

Jathkesha posts a response to Pyotr Periyar’s fastidious, punctilious and methodical research on the The Great Brahminical Conspiracy.

If you manage to get close to an occupied side seat,stand close to the person. Ask politely for a half butt placement space.Most requests would be impolitely rejected. Never mind, keep your spirits high.Be aggressive.Persistence will win you a seat, I mean half of it.

Travelling in a general compartment, according to Nikhil, is an adventure and there are certain tips he has to offer from experience.

In response to Preeti’s post on finding the perfect husband,her husband Satish writes on finding the ideal wife.

3. Humour – I personally believe that humour plays a big part in the success of not only a marriage but also life in general. If a person has a sense of humour and is able to laugh off/at things, it reduces stress to a great extent and makes the marriage happy. It does not mean I laugh at every joke of PS’s and she definitely does not laugh at any of my jokes, however both of us can take a joke at our expense and laugh off the most horrible situation life throws at you, which helps. If a lady had a great sense of humour and knew how to pun, she would go up a few notches in my esteem.

Sakshi questions some of the attitudes that people carry into relationships which determine their course.

How often do you think that “if this relationship doesn’t work out, at least i’ll have had something beautiful in my life.” If you can’t seem to see the problem with that line, then read it again. If you still can’t get it, then you’re no spoon.

Preeti has decided to make life a lot simpler for all the ladies planning to get married.She writes on finding the right man to marry.

Watch how he treats waiters at a restaurant. Watch how he behaves towards your male friends. Watch how he behaves with others—colleagues, shopkeepers, your women friends, his parents, his siblings.

When I was in college in Trichy - in a hostel with 400 sexually-unfulfilled, testosterone-charged guys - all sorts of depraved comments were made about the few girls who also studied with us, and who lived in a separate hostel. It was quite offensive, I must say; I can’t even mention any of it. The strange thing is that not a single one of them had the courage to say anything in the company of the same girls.

After reading Mukul Kesavan’s The Ugliness of the Indian Male, Hari has some confessions.