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How Liar Subraya became Guessing Subraya Durable Link to this entry

In the 1970s they didn't know about "pathological liars" in Rural India, but looking back Subraya the tobacco merchant was surely one.

Subraya would lie without profit.

After eating puris in the morning, if someone in bazar asked him what he ate for breakfast, he'll say Masala Dosa. He would say he bought his footwear in Kumta, although he actually brought them in Sirsi. After paying twelve bucks for a Bangade fish, he'll say he bought two for twenty-five. Nobody believed in what Subraya said, but townspeople made a habit of asking him trivial questions and inducing him to lie.

Subraya's wife Meera finally had it. On their pilgrimage to Kashi, she made her husband take vow at the Vishveswar temple that he would not knowingly lie anymore. Overcome by lifelong guilt, Subraya sincerely took the vow.

But science was against him!

Lying was deeply ingrained in Subraya's DNA, and he became miserable. He couldn't eat or conduct his business. He was like Jim Carrey in the movie "Liar, Liar".

Again, Meera came to rescue. She came up with a clever way for her husband to end the sentence with "I guess" or "I think". Subraya now could say, "It was Masala Dosa, I guess" or "I bought these shoes in Sirsi I guess".

Subraya is long gone now. But his shop is known as "Guessing Subraya's Beedi Shop"


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  Posted in Stories from India on Feb. 12, 2010 by Vikas Kamat| More Like This

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  Posted in Malli's Own Potpourri on Nov. 30, 2009 by Mallikarjuna D.G.

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This delightful Fevicol advertisement celebrates 50 years of Fevicol.

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  Posted in We Tube on Nov. 30, 2009 by Wedeo Critic

Last Ball Sixer! Durable Link to this entry

This clip from 1986 belongs among the climax of sporting excitements. Two warring nations (India and Pakistan) meeting in a big final in a 3rd country (Sharjah).

With one last ball remaining, Javed Miandad needs a boundary, and comes up with a brilliant sixer, stunning a billion fans.

Indians have hated Miandad ever since. It didn't help that he is related by marriage to the Mafia of Mumbai.


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  Posted in We Tube on Nov. 3, 2009 by Wedeo Critic

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