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Snapshots of India

Post image for Funny India Photo – Credit Card Swapping

Fed up with your current credit card? Limit too low? Fees too high? Why not swap it for a different one.
I came across this sign today at an arts and crafts fair I went to, near where I live in Mumbai.

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Post image for Ingenious Indian Invention # 67 – The Lockable Tap

Two evenings ago there was a knock on the door. It was one of the watchmen. He started speaking animatedly in Hindi. Apparently, the housing society secretary had issued a notice about all the water theft going on. And apparently, quite a bit of it had been taking place from our garden tap….

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I just received an email from a friend saying that my picture was in a widely read national Marathi newspaper. He sent a link, which I excitedly opened. Only to find that the picture of me driving an auto rickshaw in Mumbai had been digitally edited to make it look like I was Katrina Kaif…

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Funny India Photo – Pimp Kill

by Sharell on February 8, 2010

in Snapshots of India

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I took this photo in Uttar Pradesh, where this advertisement for “Pimp Kill” pimple cream appeared prominently a number of times….

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Post image for India Photo – Crowd at Delhi Airport

I was passing through Delhi Airport late Wednesday afternoon on my way to Uttarakhand (more about that later). As I was about to step out of the airport, a huge crowd started surging forward. Knowing that my blog isn’t THAT popular, I wondered who could possibly be behind me. Shah Rukh Khan? The Big B?

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