“If KFC can have a chicken curry thali, why can’t there be a version of Indian M&Bs,” asks a blogger. Mills & Boon, the romance fiction giant, will print its steamy love stories for the first time in India and readers are already excited. Bloggers recall how “the heroine would always be the virginal type, pure and virtuous, saving herself for Mr Right” and how Mr Right “would see the error of his ways and finally become a Good Man just in time to save the day”! And then there are those who confess how “I still hide the cover when I read a Mills & Boon”. Didn’t we all?

A woman or an African-American man? Both will be a first for America and the Obama vs Clinton is as tight a race online as offshore. While some prefer “Clinton’s pragmatism and calculated political outlook to Obama’s almost revivalist cry for change”, others feel that “Obama not only stands for change but he also unites the country, breaking down racial barriers”… the fight to be favourite continues. On Facebook, a popular application called SuperPoke! is cashing in on some fun and users can “throw” Obama and Hillary at each other. Ouch!

Love is burning up cyberspace. With Valentine’s Day around the corner, people are putting on their thinking caps about how to make the day special for loved ones. It is the “hardest holiday to shop for!”, feel bloggers. Also, V-Day “typically brings one of two types of feelings to most college students: warm, fuzzy feelings of admiration or cynical, bitter disdain for the ‘Hallmark holiday’,” reads a post.

Tennis ace Sania Mirza backing out of the WTC Bangalore Open has created quite a few ripples in the virtual world. “Sania Mirza has the game, the money and the stature. What she needs is to learn from Anil Kumble and company on how to overcome the odds and not to be led astray by emotions and impulses when representing the country. India could have come back from Australia after the racist label was slapped on Harbhajan Singh. By playing on, staring the bully down and beating him at Perth, they created history,” opines a fan. “This was more than chak de,” says another.

Are you chicken? If you are, you’re dead meat. With no end to the bird flu syndrome and the culling of chicken, chicken-lovers are upset. “Imagine chicken and eggs being excluded from our meals! How cruel is this, just like some curfew,” rues one. Chinese New Year, (thank god it’s not the Year of The Chicken!) will be celebrated in homes all over without Chicken Fried Rice or Crispy Chilli Chicken. Sigh. We sympathise.

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