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Mr Federer, when you retire, a career in Indian movies awaits

ps: You are also eminently photoshoppable

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Politicians watching politicians watch things

When @scotchism tweeted this, It was obvious that the collective wisdom of the internet was going to get together to turn it into a meme.

The photo in question is this

So clearly, it's Amit Shah watching a man doing something, except, on more detailed inspection, it's Modi watching Amit Shah watching a man do something.

But the very first thing that comes to mind is the idea of Amit Shah watching things other than the man in question, like for instance

In the light of his well-publicized surveillance skills, why not have Amit Shah watch Obama and co watch a CIA operation

Alternatively,

It's only fitting if he watches someone famous for looking at things, so here is Amit Shah looking at Kim Jong Il looking at things (which in this case is a large cucumber)

But that's too commonplace and simple. Why not, as @St_hill pointed out,

Modi watching Amit Shah watching man watching Modi.

But we can go deeper.

Modi watching Amit Shah watching man watching Modi watch Amit Shah watching man.

But wait, look carefully at the reflections in the original picture and you will see this

Modi watching Amit Shah being watched by Amit Shah, who is being watched by Modi. We have a palindromic watching sequence here!

And if we take it up just a notch, we finally get this

Modi watching Amit Shah watching a man watching Modi watch Amit Shah while he is being watched by Modi watching Amit Shah, while he is being watched by Amit Shah who is being watched by Modi.

Have a nice day.

ps: I have no party affiliations and for cheap laughs and thrills, will turn anything into a meme

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Mona Lisa photoshopping experiments are among the oldest fads on the interwebs so it's only fair I pay tribute to that noble art form

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Since MBA-types keep saying Monetization all the time, I think it's time I explained what Monetization has always meant to me

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The cyclone of the Vaigai would like to clarify thusly

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First Person Blade

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When WTF simply does not cut the mustard

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No, not that Yoga

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Vijay Jolly defaces things

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I find your lack of faith disturbing

Translation thanks to @vajrabhrt

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On Western media's response to Mangalyaan

This is based on Balaji Viswanathan's excellent post here

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Henrying Around

Thierry Henry is henrying around. 

Coconuts obey the Gravitational Thierry. 

Henry does not like tyrants

Inzamam ul Henry

Nandahenry Balakrishierry can dispatch trains that carry villains

And finally, Govardhenry

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Clarke's Three Laws - The Indian Edition

1. When an Indian politician states that something is possible, he almost certainly has a conflict of interest. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably not getting a cut

2. The only way of discovering the limits of what is possible in India is to venture a little way past them using RTI

3. Any sufficiently depraved country is morally indistinguishable from India.

Adapted from Arthur C Clarke's Three Laws with contributions from @techrsr

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Srini has a point. Arnab's nation demands too many things

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Match Fixing Trail

TimesNow unleashed this to explain IPL matchfixing 

But as you can see, it's thoroughly incomplete. Here's the complete one

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The problem with 5 inch smartphones