Hi guys,Let me take you back to a time when you, the volatile fans, pelted our penthouse, tarred our expensive walls and burnt our effigies whenever we let you down on the field. We'd lie lo… Read More

আমাকে সচরাচর দু’ধরনের লোক ফোন ক… Read More

 Contrary to popular perception, test cricket is not doing great, and I'm not even looking beyond the 'Big Three' because it's too dark out there. The latest edition of test cricke… Read More

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ICC Emerging Husband of the Year ~ Virat KohliICC Headline Writers' Delight of the Year ~ Lungi NgidiICC Brawler of the Year ~ Ben StokesICC Materazzi of 22 Yards ~ Jonny BairstowICC Fake Ka… Read More

The so-called tennis experts will tell you it was an American bloodbath at the Australian Open on Monday.Well, it was much more.It was also the day when bananas -- an athlete's best friend … Read More

That time of the year again. Here goes Doosra Annual Awards 2018. And remember, UNESCO has recognised it as the best set of awards!Begana Wedding of the Year that had entire India Subcontine… Read More

1. Punjab ~ Sikhim2. Queensland ~ Koala Lumpur3. Mumbai ~ Bollyvia4. Dhaka ~ Mosque-o5. Dharavi ~ Shantyniketan6. Bermuda ~ Knickeragua7. India ~ Ma Cow Read More

Baba Sehgal: Oye hoye, Santa Claus! Isn’t it August only? Idli dubega sambhar mein/Christmas to December mein!Tagore: Dustu chhele, it’s me, Gurudev.Baba Sehgal: Chha gaya Guruuu… Read More

0615: Woke up the Sun, full three nanoseconds late. Threatened to fire it and replace it with a giant LED. It offered Rajininamaskar though.0620: Fed eucalyptus leaves to Corny and let it ro… Read More

ToShri Sachin TendulkarShri Sourav GangulyShri VVS LaxmanSubject: Application for Head Coach, Team IndiaDear Sirs,This is in response to your advertisement for the post of Head Coach, Team I… Read More

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Yama: Why were sunglasses invented?Yudhisthir: So that shy men can ogle at women while keeping a clear conscience.Yama: How to be happy? Yudhisthir: Fake it. If you can successfully fake… Read More

* JEE Mains 2017: Son of Udaipur compounder tops exam* Farmer's son tops Chhattisgarh Board Class 12 exam* Autorickshaw driver’s daughter tops CA examsThis has become a mindless ritual… Read More

Dear passengers, we welcome you on board, on rooftop and on footboard of this State Transport Corporation bus.Today your driver is Mahadev Singh, who spat gutkha juice out of the window and… Read More

We live in a world where very few things make sense.And in that sea of things that don't, right at the top is the self-righteous outrage that follows every time a cash-for-vote scandal erupt… Read More

Symbol: BaBAtomic Weight: Weighs sufficiently buy never satisfactorily to momPhysical Properties:* Propensity to chewing everything inedible* Boils over whenever denied toys* Freezes only wh… Read More

1. Human Lacrymal Gland of the Year ~ Aamir Khan. For crying here, here and here. He receives the teardrop-shaped Nirupa Roy Memorial trophy. He'd cry khushi-ke-ansu now.2. Lord of the Laryn… Read More

You can learn a lot about a person by just noticing the sticker on his car. In fact, I judge people by the sticker on the car they are depopulating the cities with.Car stickers fascinate me… Read More

Qatar: Ladies and gentlemen, let me present next the Qatari team. They are so rich that the security guard they tipped outside the stadium has just made it to the Forbes' list. The same peop… Read More

I did not stay up to watch the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics. I always felt the Olympic opening ceremony is the most expensive way to teach kids country names. Besides, the timing for… Read More

As if losing India head coach's job was not bad enough, Ravi Shastri picked a fight with, of all people, Sourav Ganguly.As it happens in any scrap with Ganguly, and a significant chunk of Au… Read More

1. Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears ~ Evander Holyfield2. Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? ~ Sunny Leone's co-stars3. What's in a name? ~ North West/Deshabandu Wa… Read More

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One hears that Shane Warne, bored with retirement, has gone ahead and got his head bitten by an anaconda on a reality show.While people behind "I’m A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!" a… Read More

1. Pajama Canara Bank2. State Bank of Eysore3. SubStandard Chartered Bank4. AudaCity Bank5. Icy Icy Eye Bank6. Douche Bank7. Central Bonkers of India Read More

As you can make out from the conspicuous silence, Doosra did not win at #WIN15.We did a post-mortem of the debacle and below are the seven reasons why we did not win.1. We did not win largel… Read More

Bit of comedy. Doosra has made it to the Top 5 in ‪#‎Win15‬ but it's in 'Sports' category even though we nominated it in Humour & Satire section.On second thought, maybe… Read More

Something significant happened last week in the limestone tunnels in a cave outside Johannesburg. A group of cavers discovered Homo naledi, a new species of human ancestor. More significantl… Read More

Dear fellow Oxygen guzzlers,Doosra has been nominated for the BlogAdda ‪‎Blogging Award in the Humour & Satire category, though I expected Nobel in Literature, to be honest.In… Read More

* Every Indian village will get its own CCD by 2019; * Investigation will eventually reveal Indrani Mukherjee was born after she married herself; * Agencies supplying freelance hunger… Read More

"Never reached that level...leaden-footed.""I wouldn't call Kumar a natural talent.""Kumar could have done better.""...did he achieve his true potential? I don't think so."When the world of… Read More

1. He studied law and is a champion sledger but never called anyone Habeus Corpus or Quo Warranto, or even Certiorari; 2. In his teen, he was known as Kishor Kumar or the Young Kumar;3. Cont… Read More

1. An Alcoholic Anonymous (AA) trustee charged with drunk-driving;2. A top PETA official caught on camera tying Diwali crackers to his pet dog’s tail;3. A divorce lawyer separating fro… Read More

1. Mukesh Ambani will buy Greece from an auction outbidding a Qatari royal and bring it under Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation;2. Farmers’ suicide will finally be a thing of the past… Read More

1. Stephen Hawking will clamber out of that wheelchair and sheepishly apologise for playing the longest practical joke on us;2. Osama bin Laden will be found alive somewhere along the Sudan… Read More

Indian cricket's worst-kept secret is out, and remember you read it here first. Some of the biggest names in Indian cricket have recently been diagnosed with what medics are calling Wimbl… Read More

Our strive for transparency should not end in celeb wear. An honest world is a lot more fun place. Take the citations that go with all government awards. They simply lack soul and sound fune… Read More

1. It becomes dashed difficult to identify the helmeted person your boyfriend/girlfriend, you chance-discover, clinging to;2. If anyone is planning to vacate the already crowded planet, we n… Read More

"It's a dog's life" is the common refrain of human existence but frankly speaking, we simply have no idea what our canine friends and other animals are going through. The general disconte… Read More

"Mamma miya, this must be the endMy consent was inadvertentYour eyes, your wordsI blanched, my love, I was so frightened.""Mamma mia -- this song and danceWhy did you love me in the first in… Read More

Oh dear Rahul, why make a fuss Over simple questions and simple answers What makes you weary? We got simple query Fair or dusky? Baritone or husky? How is your skin?… Read More

Translation:"Dad's manning courtyard, and mom too guardingHow can I, oh beloved, at this hour drop in?""Dad's gone to field silly, mom's gone shoppingI'm alone at home, goddamn, just drop in… Read More

Doosra: Hi, you there?RST: What do you mean you there?Doosra: Odd. I can hear you but I can't see. The chair is empty. Are you real? I mean, do you really exist?RST: what do you mean? You do… Read More

1. November 1. Deserted place. Man at dimly-lit lone woollen garment shop whispers: “We don’t sell monkey cap.”2. Reaching Antarctica and finding there is no Dada-Boudi/Ann… Read More

Indian Left Leaning Right Wing Aam Congress Trinamuletra Kazhagam (ILLRWACTK) advertises the following posts to reinforce our mid-rung leadership and boost our media presence.1. Senior On-ca… Read More

Doosra interviewed Sourav Ganguly at Eden Gardens soon after he became the CAB president.As his wont, dada was two hours late for the interview but he sort of made up with his frank views on… Read More

The big daddy of all quiz shows featured Yudhisthir in the hot seat and Yaksha, Yama in disguise, as the quiz master.There was no 'lifeline' and Yudhisthir still cracked the quiz. The prize… Read More

Narendra Modi's "Chai Pe Charcha" has opened a Pandora's box. With India set to stage world's biggest election from next month, political leaders are defying model code of conduct and intera… Read More

Many suspect it was under pressure from N Srinivasan that Vyasa left out what was indubitably the most fascinating chapter of Mahabharata.Well, Doosra can reliably reveal that an IPL-style a… Read More

For reasons known only perhaps to Azam Khan's buffalos, Doosra was not consulted when names for Indian cities/states were decided.As expected, they did a job more botched-up than Anushka Sha… Read More