The L.A. Times (our former favorite newspaper) had a moving story the other day on a 6-year-old schizophrenic girl Jani (full name: January Schofield).
After reading about Jani, do you schmucks still believe in God?
Jun 302009
No, ye schmucks.
Bisi Bele Bath is not a fragrant soap that you use to wipe the grime or the gooey stuff between your legs in the privacy of your bath room.
Bisi Bele Bath is what the Gods created when they were in a particularly ebullient mood.
Bisi Bele Huliyanna, as this gift from the Heavens is more popularly referred to by the cognoscenti like us, is made of rice, Toor Dal, tamarind, potato, onion, carrot, beans, peanuts, red chillies, clove and other spices.
A speciality of the South Indian state of Karnataka, if you must know.
God, that state has gone down the toilet after Devaraj Urs thanks to buffoons like Gundu Rao, Bangarappa, Veerappa Moily (this man will never forgive us, Moily, please forgive us for what we did to you), Deve Gowda and all the other clowns that followed.
Seems like Bisi Bele Bath is the only thing this godforsaken state can be proud of these days.
Bisi Bele Bath with Rosemount Shiraz (2005)
Compared to the Bisi Bele Bath, the other South Indian rice favorite Puliyodharai a.k.a Puliyogre and Pulihora, tastes like what the cat left behind before jumping out of the window.
Yesterday, a new visitor to SI blog (kc2002) recommended the Rosemount Shiraz, another Australian wine.
Folks, can’t you think of a non-Australian wine. 
And given our bibulous tendencies, we made haste to the neighborhood Patel liquor store.
Of course, our Patel tried to sell us the 1.5l $14.99 bottle. We gave him one dirty knowing desi look and plumped for the $8.99 750ml bottle.
After telling the Patel that he was now famous on the Internet and showing him proof of that on our iPhone, we wrangled a $1 discount.
Frankly, our Patel had no clue what we were talking about. You see, these Patels are a variant of Pavlov’s dogs. Only, instead of salivating when the light bulb is switched on, these Patels drool at the sight of dollar bills, bigger the dollar bill more the saliva on the floor. Everything else goes over their head.
God, there are few things in life to die for these days.
Bisi Bele Bath with Rosemount Shiraz, yes folks we recommend this potent combination to one and all.
The wine is a little sweet and Bisi Bele Bath is, of course, a tad spicy.
A sip of the wine and a spoon of the spicy Bisi Bele Bath.
What a contrast. Continue reading »
Jun 292009
Yash Raj’s New York Suffers 9/11-like Collapse; in ICU
Yash Raj Films‘ latest crap show New York is turning out to be a box office disaster in the U.S. if the opening weekend performance is anything to go by.
New York grossed $467,694 in the opening weekend here and opened at #16.
Here are the U.S. box office numbers for New York provided in a comparative perspective:
By the way, the folks at Yash Raj Films are touting New York as ‘Housefull Worldwide.’
Folks, that is a Godzilla-size lie.
When we went to watch New York in a U.S. theatre, there were no more than six or seven people in the entire theatre. Say, is the U.S. part of the world or what?
‘Housefull Worldwide‘ – What baloney.
Wonder what Aditya Chopra is smoking these days.
Here are the U.S. box office results for the opening weekend for a bunch of Yash Raj films:
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A short while ago, Bernard Madoff received a sentence of 150 years in prison for the decades-long Ponzi scheme that bilked investors out of billions of dollars.
The sentence means Madoff, who lived the good life with private jets, yachts and Palm Beach mansions, will never smell the roses again.
Sweet.
By the way, what the f*** is happening with the court cases involving Indian businessman Ramalinga Raju, who confessed to cooking the books and caused the collapse of software exporter Satyam Computer Services (recently acquired by Tech Mahindra).
Are the Indian politicians protecting the scumbag Raju?
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We are Big Time Crooks, Confesses Satyam
Indian IT Crook Satyam Names Insider A.S.Murty CEO
Satyam to Employees – You’ll get January Salary
And Now They are Six
Satyam gets 3 New Directors
Indian Outsourcing Crook Ramalinga Raju Arrested
Satyam Board Kicked Out, Hooray
Ram Mynampati Vows to Stay at Satyam; Kick Him Out
Trading in Satyam Still Halted on NYSE
53,000 Satyam Coolies Up Shit Creek; Massive Layoffs Likely
Satyam Makes Another Big Mistake – Names Insider Ram Mynampati Interim CEO
Crook Raju Wipes Out Rs 10,000 Crore in Market Cap
Are Infosys, Wipro & Mindtree Crooks Too?
Satyam Fraud – The Perils of Outsourcing
Sebi Orders Probe into Satyam
End of the Road for Satyam Computer
Satyam Chairman Ramalinga Raju’s Arrest Imminent
Satyam Shares Crash After Massive Fraud Revealed
Satyam Fraud – Is Nasscom Sleeping?
After the Shit Hits the Fan, Satyam Kisses Employees Ass
What the Hell is Really Happening at Satyam?
Investors To Satyam Raju – Drop Dead
Satyam Computer Screwed in Forgery Case
Jun 262009
Yash Raj’s New York Suffers 9/11-like Collapse; in ICU
Made by a Muslim director Kabir Khan, New York is post 9-11 America as seen through angry, vengeful Muslim eyes.
Consider the 9/11 facts.
After a bunch of Muslim terrorists living in America ram airplanes through the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and try (and fail) to ram another into the Capitol building in Washington DC, kill several thousand innocent Americans and cause economic damage running into tens of billions of dollars, America did what any country in its right mind would do at that time – it arrested/detained some Muslims of Middle Eastern origin living in America (exact number is debatable) who had been detected engaging in suspicious activities. And in the process of extracting information from them to prevent another horrific attack on the homeland some of these Muslims were most likely roughed up.
These (above) are the undisputable facts.
But the big picture you get from Yash Raj Films’ New York is one of America’s FBI randomly picking up Muslims at train stations and cabs across America, stripping them, pissing on their faces and heads, torturing them, making them wear dog leashes and harassing them endlessly.
That is fiction, a bad yarn penned by a malicious idiot going by the name of Aditya Chopra.
You say this is a movie and so it’s fine to play fast and easy with the facts.
Really? Try making a Bollywood movie on the massacre, endless harassment and horrific rape of Muslims in Kashmir (which is not fiction by the way).
Aside from the fact that New York the movie never provides a proper context of what justifiably led America to engage in some unsavory practices (the full extent of which we may never know) and plays havoc with the facts, the movie is not a edge of the seat thriller but au contraire a lengthy, predictable Bollywood production with mediocre photography, below par routine by Katrina Kaif, below average music and OK performances by Neil Nitin Mukesh and John Abraham, and entrenching Irrfan Khan as the new Iftekar of Bollywood movies. Continue reading »
[Michael] Jackson is a great artist, and we must accept him as an artist. His movements are terrific. Not many people can dance that way. You will end up breaking your bones…And, well what is culture? He represents certain values in America, which India should not have any qualms in accepting. We would like to accept that part of America that is represented by Jackson.
- Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray in 1996 during Michael Jackson’s visit to India, Source: DNA
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