HUMOROUSLY YOURS
Heavy New Year
The legendary ball drops at New York City’s Time Square, the Sydney Opera House is all lit up from fireworks as are the Eiffel Tower and many other landmarks around the world, not to mention the countless non-descript ones.
The smog was the limit
Everyone knows you are the sharpest officer, but be prepared to put “Maj. (Retd.)” before your name once you hang up your uniform for good. Ok, maybe not. Since you stand out so much from the rest, you’ll advance further, to the rank of Lt. Col., tops. Ok? Now go, finish up your staff college and be happy with “PSC” at the end of your name and stop dreaming of adding an NDC (National Defense College) on your business card.
Have None, Will Travel
You want to now pack me up and send me to Timbuktu?” yells Dennis Palmer, sitting at the head of the table in the meeting room.
HUMOROUSLY YOURS / Every breath you take
Neither Pink Floyd nor the Pink Panther had anything to do with Bangladesh’s pink wash, but the good thing is that Bangladesh at least didn’t let India play for a good two days during the first test. In fact, the runs of our boys in the first innings were 0,1,8,1,6,0,0,0,4, which together was perhaps a cryptic message to Robi to once again pick up the team sponsorship.
To Cut or Not to Cut
When a cyclone is named Bulbul, chances are people, at least in Bangladesh, won’t take it seriously. And we are Bangladeshis—what freaks us out is not a number 9 signal, but the lowest number
Indecent Proposal
A bit more about “special” rooms from my column a few weeks ago, when Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) was in the news for the wrong reasons. It’s room 429, Nazrul Islam Hall.
The last and the ludicrous
Hats off to the Ministry of Public Administration for taking the bold step of introducing paternity leave. Better be clear though about the cap on the number of such leaves, else we will have a population explosion 2.0.
No love lost
February is like a traffic light – signalling us to slow down and stop. It starts with the green of picnics, then the orange of Pohela
Oh Summer Whine!
I get a call to do a comedy show at an event. I am asked, "Do we have to pay you?" I answer, "No, in fact I will pay you.
The United States of Hysteria
Sorry I'm not writing today on Rampal or the proposed Fat VAT (ok, Fat Tax). I have a feeling that the next 200 Humorously Yours
Tweeter-in-Chief
USA finally comes to terms with test cricket – a long, drawn out game where it may not always matter who wins: Clinton vs. Trump. . .
MMXVI
2016 – MMXVI. A year like no other before. And we've had an extra 24 hours to digest it, thanks to the leap year.
Knotty note
Uber in Bangladesh kicks off. I nickname it Butterfly, for (officially) living a long life of three days before being shot down for providing a commercial service using private vehicles.
Article 22
Ustaad Purbayan Chatterjee aptly says that the Bengal Classical Music Festival is the Woodstock of classical music.
The Divided States of America
Hillary Clinton was plagued by emails and Donald Trump by females. But the latter is now well on his way to Make America Great Again, starting with ensuring that the age old tradition of the White House is maintained by not allowing two Presidents to reside in there – Hillary and Bill Clinton.
The Land of Possibilities
The ultra sonogram couldn't tell if it would be a boy or a girl. After a grueling 18 months of labour pain, America delivers a golden (haired) boy.
PC
The revolution of the Power Couple (PC) Bill Gates and Steve Jobs gets computers to become Personal Computers (PC).