Haroon Bijli

Writing, Marketing, Digital, Content


  • Before Leaving Home

    The bags are packed and have been neatly placed near the front door. Your mother, grandmom and sister are in the verandah, waiting to say their goodbyes to you. Your dad has gone to fetch the taxi. You have a few minutes to spare. You linger on in… Continue reading

  • Forget the Verdict, Follow the Humor!

    Sample some of the humor I’ve been catching on Twitter. The guy called @b50 rocks. And there’s more… [This is humor; no offense meant] @sarcyjihadi: Can’t we just set up a data center there and partition into 3 drives, with virtual temple, mosqu… Continue reading

  • Twitter for Knowledge

    Twitter is usually in the news for all the wrong reasons. Tweeting recklessly actually costs many people their jobs – Shashi Tharoor, the Indian foriegn minister, Lalit Modi, the former IPL commissioner; CNN West Asia correspondent Octavia Nasr, to name a few high-profile ones. Celebrities have made Twitter and tweeting famous – millions follow Ashton Kutcher and… Continue reading

  • Of Queues and Tiled Roofs: Pics from Trivandrum

    Earlier this month, I spent a few days in the town I grew up in, Trivandrum. They spell it “Thiruvananthapuram” nowadays though. I have been to Trivandrum on and off, courtesy my family (and my wife’s family) who still live there, but I’ve spent v… Continue reading

  • The NRI Nod of Dissent

    Another one of those forwards doing the rounds. This is by Bikram Vohra (Last Word), a columnist with the Khaleej Times, Dubai. You can read the original here. **** When I first wrote an article on this subject I received hundreds, well, scores, o… Continue reading

  • Troubles Country Folks have with Computers

    Another email forward. Sad that these aren’t credited to the original creator. Takes hard work and inspiration to get these things out. I wouldn’t have thought up such humor on my own. Continue reading

  • Five Takeaways from FIFA World Cup 2010

    1) VuvuZelas. Yes, take them away, please.2) What you can’t do with your feet, you can do with your hands. Thank you, Luis Suárez! 3) Referees don’t have eyes behind their heads. Otherwise the Germany-England second round match would have been ver… Continue reading

  • The Most Awaited Mail of the Week

    Every week, the duty manager sends me the weekly cafeteria menu, letting us know on which days we need to steer clear of the office cafeteria.Some spellings are often inadvertently hilarious. I don’t want to analyze, though I am looking forward to… Continue reading

  • The History of the Lungi

    I received this hilarious forward on my email. A “mast” share if there was one.Just as the national bird of Kerala is Mosquito, her national dress is ‘Lungi’. Pronounced as ‘Lu’ as in loo and ‘ngi ‘ as in ‘mongey’, alungi can be identified by its … Continue reading

  • Asics Origami Video

    This is just awesome.Origami In the Pursuit of Perfection from MABONA ORIGAMI on Vimeo. Continue reading