“Get me an air chief marshal, any air chief marshal”
This happened. Yes, it really did. (linkthanks Sidin Vadukut)
The photograph of former Pakistan Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed in uniform appeared along with those of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi in a full-page newspaper advertisement given by Ministry of Women and [...]
We didn’t know we were this popular
What attracts women?
INI’s resident military affairs expert (no, no pun intended) sends in an article with the following bit highlighted:
Young women who don’t join the army have another important role to play. They may opt to marry army officers and encourage their female friends to follow suit. If pretty young women in large numbers come [...]
Why Uncle Sam needs Pakistan (“Because of the Gurkhas” edition)
“Ignorance about India”, Narendra Singh Sarila writes, “was the reason why the Americans came to rely on British advice on questions concerning the subcontinent after its independence.” He quotes an anecdote to illustrate this:
In those days, the Americans’ understanding of India was extremely limited. To take [...]
A National Humour Rights Commission Report
At the sidelines of a G-20 summit, two bhais, one Hindi, one Chini, meet at an abandoned temple.
Chinibhai: “Look, we both rose from the same per-capita GDP rate. But see where you are now, and where I am now. Today I have tall buildings, Olympic stadiums, trade surpluses, Sovereign Wealth [...]
Just having a word with you
scottfitzgeraldism (n.)
The feeling of knowing an author by name and fame, but being entirely unfamiliar with his work.
But don’t let it go to your head
And suddenly, The Acorn finds itself ranked at the top of Indiblogger.in’s IndiRank ranking of 7895 Indian blogs. (via tweets from indiblogger & Overlord. Gauravonomics has an analysis of the State of the Indian Blogosphere 2009).
Yes, yes, you know such rankings are never perfect; the Bongs (great, [...]
How some INI bloggers would respond to that great question
Pragmatic Euphony: The Army HQ is engaging in emotional blackmail by showing how even chickens are quitting the army. They are also spreading the canard that only chickens cross into civvy street.
Offstumped: It didn’t. The English language media has gotten it wrong. A Google search for [...]
(They never went away, stupid!)
General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, chief of Pakistan’s army and a lot more besides, has declared that “India’s “allegations” against Pakistan “baseless”.”
Baseless. That quintessentially Pakistani word. It is the word for every reason, for every season. In fact, it should be declared that country’s national word. And officially be made part [...]
Where are the acorns?
Courtesy of longtime reader Chandra Dulam comes this intriguing mystery of a botanical kind. Several American states can’t find the usual nuts this year. CNN’s Marsha Walton reports “Even though this acorn shortage has not risen to the level of a crisis, scientists say it is important to watch closely. If the [...]
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