Ha ha ha ha. We haven’t stopped laughing. Facing certain defeat at the hands of the Sri Lankan Army, the LTTE terrorists have announced, yes, prepare yourself for this mega-joke, an unilateral ceasefire. Yes, sir the same LTTE terrorists that wrought ceaseless misery on Tamils, Sinhalas and other ethnic groups for over 25 years and […]
Just finished watching Chop Shop (2007) on DVD. Written and directed by young Iranian-American filmmaker Ramin Bahrani with a cast of ‘non-actors,’ the 84-minute-long Chop Shop is a nice movie centering around a young boy Alejandro (Alejandro Polanco) working in an auto repair shop in Queens, New York. Displaying a maturity beyond his years, the […]
Our 1,623-page Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (11th Edition) does not include the word Naxalite. A rather strange, and most definitely, a major omission. Origins of the Term The word Naxalite has its roots in the Naxalbari village in the Darjeeling region of West Bengal in the eastern part of India. It was in the Naxalbari region […]
Obama Turns Pussy on Torture Photos Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s daughter Amrit Singh, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union in New York City, has played a key role in the ACLU’s victory in forcing the U.S. Defense Department to release photos of American military men torturing prisoners. The U.S. Defense Department told […]
After years of importing tens of thousands of foreign workers of Japanese descent from Latin American countries like Brazil and Peru for blue-collar jobs, Japan is now doing an U-turn on its immigration policy. An U-turn that America must seriously consider (but only partially) vis-a-vis its H1B Visas. Facing growing unemployment of its own citizens […]
Desi butcher and Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit has joined the disgraceful gallery of America’s Worst CEOs. Describing Vikram Pandit as one of the 20 Worst CEOs, here’s what Conde Nast’s Portfolio had to say on our ‘desi butcher’: Pandit didn’t create the mess Citi is in, but he is the financial-services equivalent of the Titanic’s […]