Guys, I managed to upload this image after quite a struggle! But like Ash says in the L'Oreal ad - because it's worth it! This is NOT a photo shopped image. So, please be impressed!! Or at least fake it!I also tried and failed to attach the lengthy column I'd written for The Asian Age yesterday. Shall give it another go once I'm done at the Pujo Badi (Tejpal) and Maa Durga has blessed me. This is an annual ritual I hate to miss. It brings out the Bong in me!
I was referred to as "the female Al Quaida'' by Mohan Pai ( Infosys wizard ). This was right after my address at the India Leadership Conclave in Delhi. I assure you , he meant it as a huge compliment! After listening to half a dozen uninspiring and politically correct speeches delivered by assorted 'captains of industry', I felt obliged to shake things up a bit! The newly awakened tigress in me did the rest! I was glad to be there, Delhi being such a stuffy place, a bit of Mumbai fireworks didn't harm anybody! Besides.... topic ko dekho!! - " Has the Indian woman finally come of age?" Would you agree anything less than a 'female Al Quaida' approach would have been a let down???
The picuture is amazing...I am wondering how big and old is th Cub...it already looks so huge by your side.
ReplyDeleteBTW, ek bangalee'r aarek bangalee'e Durga pujo'r shubhechcha roilo.
Pratima
http://pratimachaudhuri.blogspot.com/
OMG! Is that a cub or a lion for real! There is something fuzzy about this pic for sure! Doesn't look like a real image!
ReplyDeleteBTW nice picture!
Nice cub, looks so calm and friendly.
ReplyDeleteThats an impressive picture!
ReplyDeleteIf it doesnt violate any copyrights, would you please post your India Leadership Conclave speech here?
The cub is cute and huge. And also very cuddly.
ReplyDeleteIs it stuffed?
ReplyDeleteyup!!.. Cub is really huge!!!..
ReplyDeleteAnd I totally agree with "Female Al-quaida", and please carry on the fireworks and you may come up with some bombardments too. Indian society needs those badly, as we are fed up with actual blasts.
keep Posting
Cheerio :)
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ReplyDeleteWaiting for the Delhi speech.
Hi Suffix,
That was 'Shuffix' in Tamil, not Suffix !
The Female Al-Quaida! That's clever but not an accurate label. You might inspire terror in a few hearts but very few. To most of your readers, you are someone who is 'one of us' and who says things we might be saying ourselves, except of course we didn't think of them and even if we did, we'd never get away with.
ReplyDeleteThe main reason I read your columns is your almost supernatural ability to say something true and unpleasant and yet not be offensive. You never pull your punches. And yet you're never the abusive troglodyte.
If that makes you a female al quaida, keep going!
And loved the title of this post!
Impressive.
ReplyDeleteI’ve read your column in a magazine while spending the summer in India, your style of writing satisfied my stubborn taste and I had to copy off your blog link.
"...please be impressed!"
ReplyDeleteImpressed... with whom, the tigress or the cub:)
May MAA DURGA bestow her grace on you and yours.
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ReplyDelete"India Leadership Conclave"
ReplyDelete-I wish one day I too would be a part of such intellect.
Cub k baap k paas you surely look even bigger than the female Al Qaida.
And you surely would have not shaked but rocked the place.
~Harsha
Oh my! Now thats a picture!
ReplyDeleteReally liked the blog!
ReplyDeleteNice cub
ReplyDeleteMy My My! Weerent you afraid? Beautiful picture. Depicts your soul/writing's in a way.
ReplyDeleteNice pic. Pl. post the speech at the India Leadership Conclave.
ReplyDeleteExcellent Image. But something which I expect from you in spirit and your being.
ReplyDeletemz de, great pic. wonder what the cub told its mother later! and please let us read some of your speech. just want to know what does it really take to wake up these slumbering delhiites. i am particularly irritated by the condescending "finally" in the topic. suggestions for more topics - "has the indian male finally been toilet trained?" or "have our politicians finally learned how to be austere?" and another one, "has our media finally realised the folly of airing ads which wish women a happy period?"
ReplyDeleteWallaaaah!
ReplyDeleteIs this real???U are not making an ullo of us no???
AAI SHAPATH, the 4 legged sherni ke gutts ka daat deneka.
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Female al-quida O thats quite a title. And ye ye, he must have mentioned it to compliment you.
neta log ka faltu ka muhavaras, udhaharans and sher-o-shayari cannot match our desi sherni...
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And one more thing... I should say you look damn sexy in this black outfit (its most genuine and lustless-a compliment, when it comes from a pure gay guy na.... )
Why be shy to compliment and agree... WHat the heck... everyone loves a sexy friend... dont we?
sexy in thoughts, action and daredevil giri!
Shobha,will you please write a topic of your early days.Your college days in Xavier's.How Bombay was back in the 70's and 80's.Basically,to see the old Bombay through your eyes.waits eargerly.Thank you.
ReplyDeleteMam,
ReplyDeleteThe beauty with the beast!!!!
Good pic wow.... wats ur rashee ??? r u Leo :)
ReplyDeleteGreat picture...Can you post your address?
ReplyDeleteThe picture is good u too look good apt title .More on your speech please madam AL Quaida!
ReplyDeleteRoger dat!!..i agree...
ReplyDeleteShubho Bijoya to you.....
ReplyDeletethat pic is real?!? unbelievable
waiting to know more about the madam al quaida.......
oops I meant your speech at India Leadership Conclave. And I second the comment of aniketh_375. Bombay through your eyes. I have been re-reading your superstar book again. Most interesting are parts where you interweave your stories from the past. I noticed Big B giving you a kind reference in his last to last blog "day???"... when is the next spat? I hope we all get the first exclusive.
ReplyDeleteLove the pic! great!
ReplyDelete//Latha said...
ReplyDeleteHi Suffix,
That was 'Shuffix' in Tamil, not Suffix !//
Thanks Latha, I know it, intentionally left the word 'Suffix' intact.
you should have climbed onto it...tehehe ;)
ReplyDeleteThat cub is super-cute.
ReplyDeleteLucky you!
:)
really the picture is amazing...
ReplyDeleteWork From Home India