Having lived long years here, it’s our conviction that conservatives are sick (in the mental and not the health sense) beasts. So, it’s hardly surprising that we are not in love with the late William Buckley, the patron saint of American conservatives. But Buckley’s son Christopher Buckley (a fiction writer unlike his father) is another […]
If lightning were to flatten Angeethi Indian restaurant in Herndon to the ground today, we dare say the commonwealth of Virginia would be better off without this shameless impostor. A restaurant that dares to serve spoiled Sambar to diners and doesn’t know how to make the humble Channa Batura has no business being in the […]
Wiki’s home page today highlights an interesting article in the Today’s Featured Article section. We have hyperlinked the article directly rather than the home page since articles on Wiki’s home page tend to change frequently. Wonder if Indian towns and cities have a Ch**th Bagh, Pund*i Thiruvu or Randi Nagar.
The world is full of dangerous beasts – but none quite as ugly or uncontrollable as a lawyer who has finally flipped off the tracks of reason. He will run completely amok – like a Priest into sex, or a narc-squad cop who suddenly decides to start sampling the contraband. – Hunter Thompson on William […]
Google’s VP of Product Management Sundar Pichai (pichai is a Tamil word meaning to beg) extends his marketshare/mindshare begging bowl again with yet another DOA project – Chrome OS, an operating system targeted initially at netbooks and over time at the larger desktops as well. Netbooks are small form-factor DVD-less laptops with superior battery-life and […]
Here comes the 29th episode of Incredible India. *Got hammered has a different meaning in India these days. Nothing to do with Sri Lankan bowlers being hammered by Indian batsman MS Dhoni. You see, hammered has taken on a literal meaning now. A pregnant woman in North India had her head hammered with a nail […]