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Justice Delayed, Justice Denied – Heard that?

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Dec 162008
 
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Bet you have.

Chronic and unconscionable delays have been one of the ugly hallmarks of the Indian justice system.

Back when we used to live in India, we’d heard from family and friends of court cases (particularly land disputes) that dragged on for years and years and years.

It looks like that things have not changed even now. Things may have even gotten worse.

Here are some horribly depressing statistics on the pending court cases in India as of August 30, 2008:

* There are 3.88 million cases pending in the Indian High Courts
* There are 25.24 million cases pending in the subordinate courts
* Things are not that great in the Supreme Court either where there were 48,838 cases pending

Folks, that’s a total of over 29 million pending court cases in India. How Continue reading »

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Mills & Boon Calling the Asha Tampas of India

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Dec 162008
 
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Pulp romance publisher Mills & Boon is settings its sights on India.

All ye aspiring Anne Mathers, Sara Seales, Sara Weales, Mary Wibberlys, Essie Summers and Carole Mortimers of India, head to the keyboard immediately. 

You see, Mill & Boon has launched a Passions short story writing contest exclusive to India to discover the next big romance author.

While the short stories can be set in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kozhikode, Paris, London or anywhere else, they must have an Indian element.

Of course, passion, intensity and happy endings are a must.

Here’s what the winners can expect to get (according to the announcement):

The winning submission will be published by Mills & Boon and its author will receive a yearlong consultation from the Mills & Boon editorial staff as well as a free laptop computer and diamond jewellery. Two runners-up will also be selected and will each receive constructive critiques of their submission and an editorial consultation. In addition, all three finalists will also receive a free yearlong subscription to their favourite M&B series. The winner will be announced February 4, 2009.

India has lots of Mills & Boon fans including our very own Asha Tampa, a frequent visitor to this blog and a blogger in her own right.

After frittering away countless hours of our life reading tons of M&Bs, all we can say is that there are better ways to waste your time. 

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Rab Ne Falters at Box Office; Just 52% of Om Shanti Om

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Dec 162008
 
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Rab Ne Bana De Jodi Crashes in Second Week
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Updated Box Office Numbers for Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

For a Shahrukh Khan movie, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi does not seem to be having a great time at the box office.

Yes, we know that on Sunday we said that Shahrukh Khan’s latest crap-show Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi was storming the U.S. box office. But keep in mind that the initial $1.25 million figure was based on studio estimates.

Today, we’ve the actual full three-day weekend numbers from Boxofficemojo and the numbers are significantly lower.

Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi  grossed only $911,771 at the U.S. box office for the opening weekend (December 12-14, 2008) as against the studio estimate of $1.25 million.

And the actual gross numbers show that Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi is not doing that well at the box office compared to SRK’s earlier movies like Om Shanti Om, Hrithik Roshan’s Jodhaa Akbar or Akshay Kumar’s Singh is Kinng.

Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi grossed just 51.68% of what Om Shanti Om did in the opening weekend. Also keep in mind that Om Shanti Om had competition in Saawariya.

Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi had no competition and yet could gross only $911,771.

Please look at below UPDATED table (reflecting actual gross) to see how Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi has fared compared to other prominent Bollywood movies at the U.S. box office for the opening weekend:

An outrageous insult to the loyal Bollywood fans (as if a wife can’t Continue reading »

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