Quote of the Day – Henry David Thoreau

We all (particularly, those of us in the U.S.) live in an age when we constantly hanker and hunger for more and bigger and fancier things all the time. Never mind that a third of the world has no access to safe drinking water, a roof over the head or relief from the scourge of […]

Who Needs an iPhone When You Have an Hi-Phone

The only organized thieves worse than the Indian chor are the Chinese thieves. On the grand organized thievery scale, the Indian thieves are way down the ladder compared to the Chinese. Our desi organized thieves still churn out fake low-cost items like Bollywood and Hollywood music, videos, software, video games et al. The Chinese on the […]

Damn the Heat; We Opened Our Guinness Early Today

The last couple of days have been hellishly hot on the East Coast. A harbinger of the hades for all us poor sinners, desis, goras, kallus and spics alike (btw, is there a pejorative desi word for Hispanics?). New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Delaware and further south too – it’s been terrible. Some regular SI […]

Subir Chowdhury Wins ‘Outstanding American by Choice’ Award

IIT Kharagpur alumni and quality guru Subir Chowdhury has won the ‘Outstanding American by Choice‘ award handed out by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service to recognize the outstanding achievements of naturalized U.S. citizens. Here’s what the 42-year-old Subir said on hearing the news of the award: Whatever I have dreamed, America has always […]

Ignore Loose Paiya’s Fast Drama

A few days after describing LTTE terrorist leader Prabhakaran as his good friend, Loose Paiya (crackpot) and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Karunanidhi has embarked on an ‘indefinite fast’ drama, the enduring staple of Indian political theatre. The so-called ‘indefinite fast’ is ostensibly for an immediate ceasefire in Sri Lanka but let’s not forget that elections […]