Onnicles | Hidden Object Games

Onnicle: Nowadays, Kasparov is hyper-stunned, with a deadpan and morose expression.
OnniClue: Keep the emotions in check, mate!

Onnicle: All the papers – WSJ, The Sun, NY Times – hail her as the conservative, simple one.
OnniClue: Silicon(e) Valley maintains firm grip on soft economy.

Onnicle: Bro, handling feeble and erroneous arguments at IT BHU, pat his ego more than anything else
OnniClue: Love triangle, with 5 rings.

Onnicle: The thronal dog-fight ends for him.
OnniClue: Penultimate round, penalty mates home bound.

Answers to Onnicles word games from May 2012
- N.D. Tiwari (blood test)
- Rajat Gupta (McKinsey)
- Rekha & Jaya (in Rajya Sabha)
- Aamir Khan (Satyamev Jayate)
- Kabir Bedi (acted in Bond movie – Octopussy)

Onnicle: “Did they find Yeti,” warily I ask?
OnniClue: Vicky donor, blood donor, what next?

Onnicle: For a jataka tales class reading, uptakes were slow.
OnniClue: Big Mac in sea! (say it fast)

Onnicle: “We are khadi-clad fans,” the ninja yapped.
OnniClue: To B or not to B in there is the question.

Onnicle: From Asia to America, am I really going places? Ok, hand me my passport.
OnniClue: Move over Oprah, here comes our desi chhokra.

Onnicle: Pick a bird obediently.
OnniClue: Octopussy is not a bad word.

Answers to Onnicles word games from April 2012
- Lalit Modi (missing in action from the IPL)
- Justice Katju
- Nicolas Sarkozy / Carla Bruni
- Nirmal Baba (Third eye fame)

Onnicle: It may be, well, a little modified, but the party goes on.
OnniClue: But where’s the guy who started the party?

Onnicle: Just ice-cold dilemmas to look at, just tough decisions to make.
OnniClue: Law and behold.

Onnicle 1: Zucchini colas on Noah’s Ark? O Zynga fans, control thy creative urges.
Onnicle 2: The owners of the car lab run it with care.

Onnicle: It’s a souvenir male MBA bachelors love.
OnniClue: Think the third eye works better than X-ray vision?

Answers to Onnicles word games from March 2012
- James Cameron (Titanic 3-D)
- Virat Kohli
- Dinesh Trivedi (Railway Minister appointed by Didi)
- Greg Chappel (said Indians are followers by nature)

Onnicle: Making his way through the traffic jam, escaping reporters, came Ronaldo.
OnniClue: Getting that sinking feeling all over again?

Onnicle: ‘Concert by Bon Jovi rated ok’ – Oh, like anybody still cares?
OnniClue: They said it was rude to use fingers, so he used his wrists to devastating effect.

Onnicle: Those who wine and dine shall strive diligently to control their appetite.
OnniClue: Don’t derail the economy for populist reasons.

Onnicle: For a once gregarious chap, pelvis kicks aren’t below-the-belt for him now.
OnniClue: Are Indians leaders or followers by nature?

Answers to Onnicles word games from February 2012
- Saif Ali Khan (Another Bollywood slapgate incident)
- Robert Vadra
- Adele (Grammy winner)
- Harry Potter
- CV Raman

Onnicle: In the land of Ahimsa, if a live back-hand is delivered, what do you say?
Onnicle: (With a nasal, anglicized, Nawabi accent) Waaaaaw!

Onnicle: Sms recvd – Forget Delhi metro, berth available in politics to trigger saliva, dramatic upside
OnniClue: Frisking prohibited.

Onnicle: She had elegantly taken the setbacks in her stride.
OnniClue: Victory…and a clean sweep at the big show.

Onnicle: The incessant harrying pushed the plot into a tight spot, terminating the series.
OnniClue: ‘Nice wand,’ is a compliment you can give him without feeling awkward.

Guest Onnicle by Amol Hatwar

Onnicle: Carl von Clausewitz decided to solve the anagram another time.
Onniclue: Inelastic scattering of a photon )

Answers to Onnicles word games from January 2012
- Shirish Kunder (Slapgate incident)
- Salman Rushdie
- SOPA / PIPA (Wikipedia, Google protest)
- Tom Cruise (MI4)
- Oprah Winfrey (India visit)

Onnicle: Don’t you wish Irish cream fans wouldn’t pick understandably undeserved fights?
OnniClue: SRK style penalty for flouting the govt’s hum-2-hamare-2 norms?

Guest Onnicle contributed by Poyni Bhatt
Onnicle: Begin the day with a Psalm, an ancient holy verse, for theists, and an orange crush diet for atheist- recommends a secular norm.
OnniClue: Shame on us when private beliefs spills over in public to block freedom of expression

Onnicle: Good intentions, but the framework is opaque. For random net users who goof up, I pay?
OnniClue: Blackout!

Onnicle: Tough to milk action sequences solely from modified cars and cruiser bikes?
OnniClue: Would you hunt for death defying stunts when you are 50?

Onnicle: It’s a food allergy Ms Chopra has to fight & win. Frey’s syndrome isn’t so bad.
OnniClue: The queen of talk, comes to town for a walk.

Answers to Onnicles word games from December 2011
- Santa Claus
- Kapil Sibal (censoring online content)
- Smita Patil (film star)
- Dev Anand

Onnicle: His antagonism towards claustrophobic chimneys remains suppressed.
OnniClue: Then he’s got those unwashed socks to deal with.

Onnicle: Pick a pillow-fight with internet users? I balked at the very idea of that going anywhere.
OnniClue: Hasn’t exactly been the best year for him.

Onnicle: It’s a chasm I tangibly feel, as I look up, at illogical movies that came up after her era.
OnniClue: Intelligent cinema, where ‘art’ thou?

Onnicle: Develop your mental youthfulness if you can and the body will follow.
OnniClue: He’ll always be the guide.

Answers to November 2011 Onnicles
- Sunny Leone (Bigg Boss)
- Jawahar Lal Nehru (Birthday)
- George Bush (India trip)
- Lady Gaga

Onnicle: “For outdoor shoots in the sun, nylon acessories (unlike silicone) can look pale,” one photographer explained.
OnniClue: Porn to be wild.

Onnicle: “Employees with a square jaw, a hard find. They work & take the fall alone” – HR update.
OnniClue: Children, time to practise your salsa and cha-cha-cha steps for the party.

Onnicle: Will you let emotions, rage or geopolitical strategies ambush your logical plans?
OnniClue: Secret trip to give secret advice to a secretive India Inc!

Onnicle: I’m glad you are thinking big again.
OnniClue: Popstar or marketing genius?

Guest onnicle by Poyni Bhatt:
Onnicle: Much early in the dawn Mr. Darcy rushed to his farm, and saw in the mist ryots working on the soil. “Doers-in-charge is the only way to ensure long term continuity.” he thought.
OnniClue: Heir apparent is necessary before one bids good-bye.

Answers to October onnicles
- Subroto Roy (Sahara buys stake in Mallya’s F1 venture)
- Happy Diwali
- Steve Jobs (passes away)
- Dennis Ritchie (creator of Unix passes away)

Onnicle 1: The mono sub-rotor submersible pump is a royal boon for borewell digging.
Onnicle 2: Press F1 for more help on the formulas, one at a time.

Onnicle: In an unusual mishap, pythons crawled into his khadi wali kameez.
OnniClue: Seasons greetings!

Onnicle 1: The dirty & vivid yak hunting depicted in the picture got the tribal angry.
Onnicle 2: His ilk is prone to ridicule & sarcasm. It had to happen.

Onnicle: He built the smartest ever company for job seekers who wanted to change the world.
OnniClue: May the innovative spirit live on.

Guest onnicle by Amol Hatwar:

Onnicle: His grit chiefly comes from the island of St. Isidore. His golden nisus changed the world many times over…
OnniClue: I saw some seashells on the sea floor )

Answers to September onnicles
- Jagjit Singh (when he was admitted to a hospital)
- Sylvio Berlusconi (famous for his Bunga-bunga parties)
- Usain Bolt
- Onam (Malayali festival)

Onniclue: As he drove his Jag, jitters vanished and he began to sing his blues away.
OnniClue: Get well soon.

Onnicle: The chemical makes the basil violet & amber, plus conical in shape.
OnniClue: Cowabunga!

Onnicle: Happy Onamography
OnniClue: Wishing all our Malayali chettans & chechis

Onnicle: Analysts view the USA-India event as a symbol to promote bilateral trade ties.
OnniClue: Greased lightning.

Answers to August 2011 onnicles
- Justin Beiber
- Deven Sharma (Former President of S&P, who downgraded the US rating)
- Shammi Kapoor (passes away)
- Standard & Poors
- Vaughan (Michael) [said Indian batsmen use Vaseline on their bats]