Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Boban & Molly
There was William Brown (read a William book online here), and then there was Dennis The Menace.But before them, there were Boban & Molly (chronology purely in terms of my discovery of these literary characters). In terms of pure cheek and ability to create unprecedented mayhem, these Mallu kids beat their American and British counterparts hollow. Every character in this series was just fantastic - be it the Panchayat President or the 'hip' Appi Hippie (what a name!).
The cartoonist - affectionately known as Toms - wove stories (dealing with, and satiring contemporary issues) around the daily adventures of these two endearing kids. Be it their exasperated mom who had to deal with the daily load-shedding & non-availability of gas cylinders in addition to the pesky kids, or the ever-busy-but-jobless Panchayat President constantly poring over the newspaper sitting at the teashop, each personality was artfully shaped. Apparently, the whole series was based on characters the author had observed (the real Boban and Molly were not even related, I remember reading off an interview of the cartoonist). All these characters were some of the first I ever tried to draw, and so I was delighted when I discovered some online strips by accident - I simply had to draw them and dedicate a whole post to them.
There were a lot of plans to make a movie on these characters - for once, good sense prevailed and they decided not to. Thank god for small mercies !!
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Elephants and Swimming Pools
Q: Why are elephants not allowed in swimming pools ?
A: Because...they might let down their trunks.
Heh Heh Heh !
Friday, January 13, 2006
Happy Pongal
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Appraisals
All appraisals follow pretty much the same format, I guess - be they in IT or otherwise !!
Monday, January 09, 2006
Great PJ
Banta Singh (pls note: this is NOT a Sardar joke) is invited for dinner at a colleague's place. One of the entre'es is pav-bhaji. As a hungry Banta picks up the first piece of pav, he notices that there is a word inscribed below the pav: jannat.
With these facts in mind, here's the crucial question:
What is the name of Banta's professor ?
The name of Banta' professor is 'ishq ki chaav'.
For, haven't you heard of :
Jinke 'sir' ho ishq ki chaav,
Paav ke neeche jannat hogi !!!
ROTFL :))
With these facts in mind, here's the crucial question:
What is the name of Banta's professor ?
The name of Banta' professor is 'ishq ki chaav'.
For, haven't you heard of :
Jinke 'sir' ho ishq ki chaav,
Paav ke neeche jannat hogi !!!
ROTFL :))
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Interesting 2005
With the rise of the teen-icon Sania, the fall of the Laloo regime, the tottering Ganguly and the 'mythical' Mallika, the only 'normal' thing that happened in 2005 was the sizzling launch of the latest Harry Potter (both the book and the movie).
Just goes on to prove that muggles will be muggles, after all !!!
