tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561757829142376057Sun, 28 Sep 2025 06:54:40 +0000The NRIjayanthfacebookmovietelugucartoonscomicinventionsconversationIITgeneralgirlsindian railwaysmedianonsensetadinadaadscarlincricketdon't be that guygultisthangultragenewsphonetwitterbollywoodboredomc2dogfavhistorykidsmarriagenew yearparentstptrainworstxkcdGandhibaversecelebrationculturedudeentertainmentetymologyflawsophyfriendsgooglehumorlanguagemopopeopleperspectivephotopigeonpoliticsreligionresearchsocial issuesspooftimes of indiatravelCongressEuropeaam aadmianalyticsangryassholeawardawkwardbabebevarsebevarsibewarsbewarsebirthdaycityclassroomcorporations. tvdemocracyenglishevolutionfailfeministfoolgtooshimjesuskannadalazylistmanagementmater jammuslimnationalismnew rulesphilosophypolitical correctnessprocrastinationrelationshiprestaurantrip offschoolsexistshah rukhsuperherotatkalterrorismticketstravel. sense of humorurduuselessvalentineweddingwordworld cupworst ads50CheDarshan singh pherumanFranceFutureIPLKitesNRINobel prizePCSBIaamiraddressadviceagentairportakshayanna hazareaprilawarenessbabiesbaldbapu bommabetter worldbig bang theorybikebikinibingoblackberryblog. gtoosbloggersblowbrahmibubbleburkhaburkiniburqabuscalvin and hobbescannescatcelebritychesschess variationschristianityclicheclockcoincolacollegecomediancomedyconfusedcontroversyconvenienceconversioncrichtoncryingcyclonedeathdelhideportdictionarydilbertdiseasedoctorsdocumentarydoodlesdraupadidumbeducationelectionsembryoenvironmenterror messagesetiquetteeuphoriaeventexercisefansfastfatfifafilmfarefirst postfootballforgetforwardfountainfreakonomicsg2k syndromegeneliagermanygrammargreenguess whogul panaggunsguysharpicherohobbiesholehoodedhostelhrithikhumanhumankindhunger strikehypocrisyideasillegalinceptionindian rope trickinkinterviewirfan khanjaffajaganjatindra nath dasjewjihadjihadi chessjon stewartkatrinalailalandmarklatelazinessleadershiplessonslizardlouis ckluckmadnessmafiamashupmememissed callmobilemoneymonkeymountain dewmucusmyselfnaidunakednamenerdnetherlandsnew placenostalgiaoctopusoptimismoriginal ideapadma awardspanchatantraparakeetpaulpenpersonalpetsphotoshoppicasaplanepoetpoetrypolitically incorrectpollutionpooppoopathy kanapathypillupopepopulation controlpositivepost mortemposterpotti sriramuluprincipleprioritiesproblempropogateproposalpseudonympsychedelicragerajahmundryraperatnamrevolutionribbonringrowlingsachinsanitizesarcasmsareesecurity checksequelsevenshitshoppingsleepsmileysmokingsmssmurfspainspiderssportstudentsubwaytagstaptattootechnologytelanganatendulkartextingtimetimingtoothpastetosstraditionaltvuupusavasudeo balwant phadkevegetarianvillagevillainvisawaterwinwisheswomenworldxenophobiayuckzeitgeistThink of me as a Stand up comic with Stage Fear!http://gtoosphere.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (g2)Blogger131125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561757829142376057.post-9048008426280776720Sun, 03 Aug 2014 17:13:00 +00002014-08-03T22:46:22.620+05:30gultrage Now click here for http://gultrage.tumblr.com/ http://gtoosphere.blogspot.com/2014/08/gultrage-reboot.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g2)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561757829142376057.post-5779319691974369527Tue, 24 Jun 2014 19:33:00 +00002014-06-25T01:17:08.178+05:30don't be that guyvegetarian Don't be that guy: Professional Candy Crusher This guy was at the bus stop. His bus was on the other side of the intersection stuck in a traffic jam. He realized it would take eighty more seconds for the bus to reach the stop, so he took out his phone and started playing Candy Crush. Right there on the road at ten in the morning with twenty other people rushing to catch the bus! I was http://gtoosphere.blogspot.com/2014/06/dont-be-that-guy-6.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g2)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561757829142376057.post-8665703692564333585Thu, 01 May 2014 07:00:00 +00002014-05-01T13:10:54.492+05:30cityconvenienceculture To pee, or not to pee, that is the question – It’s been hours. The pressure was building up. So is regret over the recent glass of sugarcane juice with ice. But for the moment, things are in control. I looked for a proper place to mind my business. The footpath was the first thing that came to my mind. Why? I don’t know why. It's my male instincts perhaps. Humans have been shaped by millions http://gtoosphere.blogspot.com/2014/05/to-pee-or-not-to-pee.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g2)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561757829142376057.post-535846101041727405Fri, 25 Apr 2014 06:47:00 +00002014-04-25T12:17:31.301+05:30documentary Laundry Day from gtoos on Vimeo. P.S: Watch it in full screen and, if possible, on HD http://gtoosphere.blogspot.com/2014/04/laundry-day-documentary-short.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g2)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561757829142376057.post-6285480663216135536Tue, 22 Apr 2014 16:11:00 +00002014-04-22T21:41:06.575+05:30c2comicenvironment http://gtoosphere.blogspot.com/2014/04/earth-day-message-from-c2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g2)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561757829142376057.post-9060717436900330280Sun, 16 Feb 2014 08:27:00 +00002014-02-16T21:52:07.206+05:30conversationtoothpaste You going to the neighbour's kitchen? Yes, I smell Mangalore style fish curry. Can you get me some toothpaste? What? I asked if you could get some toothpaste on your way back. Why should I get it? I'm out of toothpaste. I thought I'll borrow some just for the day. You go get it yourself. I don't like stealing things. You steal food all the time! That is different.http://gtoosphere.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-toothpaste-conspiracy-theory.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g2)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561757829142376057.post-1009740606597546293Fri, 17 Jan 2014 09:12:00 +00002014-01-17T14:42:23.025+05:30cartoonscomicdogdon't be that guy Don’t be that guy who thinks street food is unhealthy Our parents, teachers, doctors and other noble professionals right from our childhoods told us that street food is not good for our health and that we should not eat pani puri, bhel puri, masala batani, samosas, kachoris, bajjis, peanuts, bhutta, pieces of raw mango, amla, pineapple and guava on the roadside because they might be unhygienic.http://gtoosphere.blogspot.com/2014/01/dont-be-that-guy-jan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g2)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561757829142376057.post-1290388445585296075Mon, 06 Jan 2014 16:46:00 +00002014-01-06T22:16:22.508+05:30clockconversationhumankindtime Why is there so much time around? Time? Who has time? I mean information about time. Why are there so many devices that tell you the time all the time? There is an alarm clock by your bed, another clock on the wall behind the alarm clock. In fact there is a clock in every room of your house and also in your phone, tablet, Kindle, camera and computer screen; on every photo, email, http://gtoosphere.blogspot.com/2014/01/clockwork-c2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g2)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561757829142376057.post-556162652226279410Thu, 31 Oct 2013 12:29:00 +00002013-10-31T17:59:46.230+05:30indian railwaystrain The Sleeper Class Protocol I was in a sleeper class compartment from Bangalore to Rajahmundry last week. I got an upper berth. A family of four occupied the two lowers and a middle – 4F (a little girl), 28F (her amma), and 55F (her ammamma) and 31M (her father). There was a 27M in the other middle berth and a 37M in the opposite upper. The family of four, like any other family in a train, http://gtoosphere.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-sleeper-class-protocol.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g2)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561757829142376057.post-831846877542480166Sun, 20 Oct 2013 10:51:00 +00002013-10-20T16:21:43.514+05:30don't be that guygrammarmarriagepollutionshopping Don’t be that guy: The Awkward Wallpaper guy Have you noticed that there are a lot of people who have "hot" pictures of models and actresses as desktop wallpapers? What's the deal with them? I understand if they are teenage students first time away from home and got a new computer in a Boys' Hostel but a mid-twenties guy with wallpapers like that on his work PC? What is the school of thought http://gtoosphere.blogspot.com/2013/10/dont-be-that-guy-3.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g2)14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561757829142376057.post-6873509955368891560Mon, 30 Sep 2013 11:47:00 +00002013-09-30T17:17:57.985+05:30conversationculturefansgultisthangultragemovie I always get fascinated how the real owners of society have managed to raise armies to fight their causes for free. The war in Syria? No. No, looking at the "SAVE Attharintiki Daaredhi" campaign. I am really impressed at the majestic display of power that our leaders have in controlling the minds, thoughts and actions of the people. It's truly remarkable. Save what campaign? http://gtoosphere.blogspot.com/2013/09/whose-mother-in-law-is-it-anyway.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g2)11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561757829142376057.post-4270456990934110067Fri, 30 Aug 2013 04:04:00 +00002013-08-30T09:53:32.877+05:30educationgultisthankids "My favorite hero made more money than your favorite hero" seems to be the latest trend in Bollywood. This validates my theory that Gult people are ahead of everyone and are leading the nation in things that matter the most. For instance, we sang “Aa ante Amalapuram” way back in 2004. Bollywood copied it when, 2012? We inappropriately ogled at Genelia D'Souza in 2003. They only started doing ithttp://gtoosphere.blogspot.com/2013/08/ahead-of-curve.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g2)21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561757829142376057.post-6233986099694651229Thu, 08 Aug 2013 06:54:00 +00002013-08-08T12:24:27.538+05:30dogThe NRI Over the last couple of months, I have been doing some independent research on dogs (you know collecting statistics, normalizing the raw data, drawing probability density curves, adjusting for bias in fill conditional distributions and shit like that) and I think I have reached a level where I can look at a dog and its surroundings and predict with a fair degree of accuracy whether it will http://gtoosphere.blogspot.com/2013/08/oh-my-dog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g2)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561757829142376057.post-4442064812787786220Tue, 23 Jul 2013 05:04:00 +00002013-07-23T10:34:16.932+05:30catcomic My Worst Nightmare http://gtoosphere.blogspot.com/2013/07/genies-cat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g2)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561757829142376057.post-4095591602496902113Fri, 17 May 2013 09:17:00 +00002013-05-17T22:28:00.908+05:30c2doctorsdon't be that guyrestaurantteluguwedding Continued from: http://gtoosphere.blogspot.com/2013/05/dont-be-that-guy.html Don’t be that guy: Deodorant Commercial Guy Men (most of them) like women. All men like looking at beautiful women. Women also like looking at beautiful women. Beautiful women are nice to look at. There is nothing wrong with that. What is wrong, however, is the way men look at women. Do we really have to give that http://gtoosphere.blogspot.com/2013/05/dont-be-that-guy-either.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g2)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561757829142376057.post-5581154011120746829Tue, 07 May 2013 04:05:00 +00002013-05-17T15:11:00.069+05:30cartoonsdon't be that guyflawsophykidsparentsphone Going by Flawsophy’s Via Negativa principle, there are two ways to become a better person. There is the MAXIMIZE GOOD way i.e. you are inspired by people of great courage, integrity, perseverance, wit, charisma, compassion, empathy, humility, kindness, magnanimity and want to be like that. Or you can simply MINIMIZE BAD by trying to ‘not be an asshole’. Our mythology, popular culture and evenhttp://gtoosphere.blogspot.com/2013/05/dont-be-that-guy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g2)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561757829142376057.post-5201213111232642152Sat, 06 Apr 2013 08:15:00 +00002013-06-04T23:45:36.182+05:30angryculturegultisthangultragehobbiesmovietelugu What are you doing in the kitchen? Are you eating my roommate's Maggi again? What else am I supposed to do? It’s been an hour and a half since I ate something. I even sneaked into your neighbor’s kitchen but I hate the cold, tasteless tetra pack milk you humans drink these days… One of these days, one of my roommates is going to kick you out of the house. Don’t blame me if that http://gtoosphere.blogspot.com/2013/04/yet-another-gult-movie.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g2)45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561757829142376057.post-7452553873657220263Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:07:00 +00002013-03-11T20:37:14.840+05:30gultisthanlanguagepeopletelugu It has come to my attention that some Telugu people do not like being referred to as “gults” Why? I don’t know. I am just stating the popular feeling. They seem to be angry about it. Not exactly angry, maybe they find it distasteful. Go on... Some people also find it a little insulting. A few even go as far as raising an objection to the use of the word while others merely http://gtoosphere.blogspot.com/2013/03/gulti-as-charged.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g2)25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561757829142376057.post-5687795111790726969Sat, 02 Mar 2013 10:33:00 +00002013-03-02T16:03:53.474+05:30parentsschoolThe NRI The second part of the post on Upper Middleclass Parenting. Read the complete post here: http://www.the-nri.com/index.php/2013/02/the-parent-trap-part-2/   Image courtesy: www.lol-heaven.com http://gtoosphere.blogspot.com/2013/03/guide-to-upper-middleclass-parenting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g2)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561757829142376057.post-5048364104192438816Mon, 25 Feb 2013 07:47:00 +00002013-02-25T13:17:07.727+05:30kidsparentsThe NRI And then there is a sixth: The Upper Middleclass Parenting. Read the post on The NRI -- http://www.the-nri.com/index.php/2013/02/the-parent-trap/ http://gtoosphere.blogspot.com/2013/02/guide-to-upper-middleclass-parenting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g2)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561757829142376057.post-8906298743370997773Sun, 06 Jan 2013 12:21:00 +00002013-01-06T21:51:09.689+05:30carlinconversationdelhifacebookfeministlouis ckmediarapesocial issues Wasn’t it depressing? What? The whole Nirbhaya thing. Is that her real name? No Then why is everyone calling her Nirbhaya? The media gave her this name to protect her privacy. Some people are calling her Damini too. It is interesting that the media can give anyone any fictionalized name they want. How come she is “fearless”? Who gets to assign these names? Is there like http://gtoosphere.blogspot.com/2013/01/outrage-on-outrage.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g2)20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561757829142376057.post-379815330972809998Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:05:00 +00002012-12-31T22:35:01.561+05:30new year May you have reasonable and realistic resolutions and still fail at them http://gtoosphere.blogspot.com/2012/12/happy-new.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g2)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561757829142376057.post-4187360507768945838Sat, 10 Nov 2012 05:51:00 +00002012-11-10T11:32:52.864+05:30c2conversationfacebookphonephotorestaurant Why are you eating curd rice? I thought you went out for dinner. I did, but I am still hungry Did you go to one of those ‘you don’t pay for the food, you pay for the experience’ places? yeah And how was the experience? As usual, the waiter walked in with a bottle of packaged mountain spring water in his hand and… packaged mountain what? Packaged mountain spring water http://gtoosphere.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-posh-restaurant-pre-meal-ritual.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g2)13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561757829142376057.post-2451143767330547607Wed, 07 Nov 2012 07:16:00 +00002012-11-07T12:46:32.392+05:30The NRI Everything you wanted to know about paan but never cared to find out New post on The NRI. Click on the image to read: http://gtoosphere.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-red-stain.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g2)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2561757829142376057.post-1876781640036087839Mon, 22 Oct 2012 08:13:00 +00002012-10-23T12:33:54.435+05:30adsc2facebookmediapeople I logged into Facebook after almost a year and it looks like an airport trashcan. Airport trashcan? I mean too much glossy crap. Just a year back Facebook had interesting articles, intelligent view-points and emoticon riddled discussions. We had good jokes, incisive articles, useful personal updates and lots of cat videos. It used to feel like a nice relaxing dinner party with intelligent http://gtoosphere.blogspot.com/2012/10/rip-facebook.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (g2)11