“Fasten your seat belt Dorothy, 'cause Kansas is going bye-bye.”
– Cypher (The Matrix)
We spent the best part of the last month trawling the depths of misery, cooking up inane answers to questions that matter as much to us as the Bandra-Worli sea link does to Mayawati (Engineering..Thou art a heartless bitch!). So, do excuse the unavoidable delay.
The last issue saw plenty of drama at the BFM offices, starting with Super Maan Singh handing in his monthly resignation letter, only to withdraw it within his usual 4 days. He has now done this thrice, and the joke going around is that his resignation letters are more regular than his articles! We also welcome two new additions to the team, IndianRocket and The Bantai warrior. Avid followers of the local rock scene may recognize IndianRocket from his popular blog, and he will be handling our music section from this issue on. The Bantai warrior, having previously interned with us for the 2nd issue, will now be a permanent member of the team. This landmark coup is being looked upon as the brightest summer placement at the IITs this year, and The Bantai Warrior has been struggling with the enviable task of convincing his mum that the lacy lingerie turning up at his doorstep each morning, has not been ordered by him for the purpose of sexual experimentation. All in all, it’s been an eventful and traumatic last month for us.
But now, having rid ourselves the trauma, it is time for us to ask all ye Dorothies to fasten your proverbial seatbelts, and enjoy the ride* we have in store for you. Yes! We are back and we’re black. Well, not really. But it sounds way cooler than ‘We’re back and we’re brown’ now, doesn’t it?
This brings us to the issue most talked about in the literary, page3, kitty party, and even the Churchgate Fast veterans’ circles. Discrimination by color/race in Australia and the resulting protests have ensured the issue permanent residency on the front-page of all major Indian news publications. This issue has only recently been outshone by Shiney Ahuja. Both issues have been covered by our excellent investigative journalists to bring you the absolute truth, and an assuredly unbiased analysis of both. Also covered are issues like the anti-smoking brigade, terrorism, crime, online stupidity and the farcical reign of Reality TV on our music channels. IndianRocket gets chatty with Ameeth Thomas of Junkyard Groove, and detailed analysis of the interview will definitely help all you chickies pick up pointers on becoming JYG groupies. Our reporters strive to be the best in the business, and productive feedback to their efforts, or simply comments for the simple lot, are invited and will surely be welcome.
Also, do continue to check out the Daily Comic section. Its fun and we love it. We also plan to introduce a Readers’ contribution section soon, for which we will require, you guessed it, readers’ contributions. Do mail in your efforts at bigfishmag@gmail.com .
Cheers!
*Sexual innuendo unintended
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Reply #4 on : Sun June 21, 2009, 23:07:07