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Buffalaxing is a concept where a song in a non English language is given subtitles based on what the foreign words SOUND like, not what it means. This word comes from a genius on YouTube whose username is Buffalax. He (or she) created the concept of Buffalaxing and is REALLY good at it. Watch this […]

Tick tick tick tick!

Published in September 9th, 2009

Posted by Anshu in Web stuff, Film, Music

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Enjoy this ‘English song’ from the Kannada film Operation Diamond Rocket. Starring the legendary Rajkumar. No, you don’t need to know Kannada to understand the lyrics here, you need to understand Kinglish! Dorrrrling!

English songs in Indian films

Who says prayers are not answered

Published in August 27th, 2009

Posted by Anshu in Web stuff, Film, India, Our life and times

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But seriously… We’re Indian!

Published in July 28th, 2009

Posted by Anshu in Web stuff, Our life and times, Viewpoint

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Seriously, we Indians take ourselves too seriously. The world ought to move according to our dictat! And if it doesn’t agree with our sensibilities, off with its head! Whither tolerance?
Directing you to some blog posts with interesting opinions on the Dadagiri Indians are now demonstrating a tad too frequently:
Pritish Nandy: The indiscreet art of Dadagiri
Amit […]

I carry a torch in one hand….

Published in July 28th, 2009

Posted by Anshu in Web stuff, Waxing lyrical

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I came across these powerful verses during my travails through the web (Poetry-chaikana), and I thought that these verses by 8th century Sufi mystic Rabia (Rabi’a Al-’Adawiyya) were great. Enjoy them.
English versions are by Charles Upton (Original Language: Persian)
I carry a torch in one hand
I carry a torch in one hand
And a bucket of water […]

Bio rap!

Published in June 24th, 2009

Posted by Anshu in Web stuff, Music

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What next? Now commercial companies are releasing music videos to sell their equipment. Here’s this one by BioRad trying to sell their thermocyclers. Enjoy the PCR song!

And in case you want to sing along the lyrics are:
There was a time when to amplify DNA,
You had to grow tons and tons of tiny cells.
Then along came […]

Who buttbuttinated Abraham Lincoln? : The clbuttic buttumption

Published in February 17th, 2009

Posted by Anshu in Web stuff, Our life and times, Viewpoint

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Well, I buttume the breastle of this post will be understood by most of you. After all it is in plain English and is not as difficult to comprehend as our consbreastution. And yes, the profanity filters have ensured that no obscene word has crept through my text and I won’t be embarrbutted later. After […]