Failed mathematician turned psephologist, Anand Walunjzcki, used highly sophisticated and dubious mathematical models drawing from set theory, differential equations, probability theory and stochastic calculus to estimate the odds of success at the electoral hustings in 2014. It is hoped that the reader is left sufficiently impressed and none the wiser after going through his analysis. [...]
Continue reading …If Sushil Kumar Shinde were the Home Secretary of Britain: 1) He would declare himself as Queen Elizabeth’s foot soldier, and aver that she can never do wrong. He will further declare that if her majesty asks him to shoot, he will and he will shoot to kill. 2) To those who are campaigning for [...]
Continue reading …Corporate India has now turned toward the Indian political establishment as a last resort to train their management teams on how best to talk their way out of trouble and win the battle of perception. “Running companies is not a small task. We have to manage perceptions and expectations of multiple, disparate stakeholders – investors, [...]
Continue reading …UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav recently backed out from delivering a lecture to Harvard alumni during his trip to America, deeply upset as he was at the treatment meted out to Azam Khan by airport authorities in Boston, thus robbing the world at large of an opportunity to listen to the pearls of wisdom of the chief [...]
Continue reading …Mrs Modika Patel was busy shopping for instant dhokala kit in a mall in Delhi when she saw Mrs Nitishree Kumari, her neighbor, buying groceries. She waved but got no response. “Jealous! Don’t know what problem this Bihari woman has with me. Huh!” thought Modika and continued her shopping. It was at the billing counter [...]
Continue reading …Frustrated by accusations of incompetence and arrogance from various quarters, Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar decided to hit a dingy old bar just behind the Delhi Gymkhana. What happened next? The UnReal Times correspondent P. Le Daaruwala brings you the story: Neeraj Kumar plods towards the bartender and wearily slides into one of the high [...]
Continue reading …Although he recently took sanyas from Twitter, Rajdeep Sardesai made an exception and offered to commemorate Sachin’s 40th birthday celebrations by going down memory lane and tweeting key moments in the little master’s glittering career. With an Old Monk in hand, soulful music in the background, and footage of the Sachin’s greatest knocks, Rajdeep began [...]
Continue reading …After the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) headed by Congress leader PC Chacko cleared the Prime Minister and then Home Minister, P Chidambram, of any irregularities in 2G scam, there has been widespread demand among students of various colleges across the nation that they be allowed to check their own examination papers and grade themselves. This [...]
Continue reading …“It’s so hot in here,” she said, tugging at her T-shirt. He gulped. “Do you mind if I take this off?” she asked with an innocent expression, coyly tilting her head to one side. “No,” he squeaked. She grasped the ends of her T-shirt and pulled it up an inch, ever so slowly. “You would [...]
Continue reading …BJP MP and colourful cricket commentator Navjot Singh Sidhu was recently in the limelight when his wife admitted to the media that he’s feeling suffocated by the system and may quit politics. Our reporter Punjabda Puttar decided to investigate, and managed to find out the real reason behind Sidhu’s discomfort:
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