A very cold night on the East Coast.
Just got back from Avatar.
God, it’s freezing outside.
23° Fahrenheit tonight, i.e. -5° Celsius.
Boy, are we glad to be in a cozy heated room.
Avatar review coming soon.
Dec 182009
Alas, we’re not as lucky as all ye folks in India.
No Tamil Avataram, Telugu Avatarudu or the Hindi Avtar for us in the states. 
Just plain, simple Avatar.
We’re already in the theater waiting for the movie (3D version) to start.
Surprise. There were no long lines for the 12:01AM show here on the East Coast. And we thought we were smart desis for buying the tickets two days back.
Not many inside the hall too. About 40 people in the hall.
About 10 minutes to go. We’re going to go and get some popcorn.
Waiting to be shocked and awed now.
We were reading this story about Avatar in the DNA newspaper and zapped to discover that tickets for the much anticipated James Cameron film are being sold for Rs 1,000 ($21.30) for the weekend and Rs 700 ($14.91) on weekdays for the 3D version at theaters like Priya Village Roadshow in Bangalore.
Rs 1,000.00 for a movie ticket in India?
Un’Fu*#ing’Believable.
Ticket prices even in the U.S., not even in Manhattan, are that steep.
Wonder what else comes with the ticket in India?
Gee, these folks at Intel are forever in the news for the wrong reasons.
The Federal Trade Commission sued the chip giant today charging it with using its dominant market position in microprocessors to stifle competition and strengthen its monopoly.
The FTC lawsuit comes barely a few weeks after Intel agreed to pay $1.25 billion to rival AMD to legal disputes.
The FTC complaint alleges that Intel has conducted a systematic campaign to shut out rivals’ competing microprocessors by cutting off their access to the marketplace and deprived consumers of choice and innovation. Continue reading »
Like all cheapo desis, we’ve always craved an Aishwarya Rai for the price of a Shriya Saran.
Class for the price of crass has unfailingly been our mantra and guiding light.
Oh, come on, you jerks. Don’t tell us you unwashed, cheapo desis are any different.
And boy, an Aishwarya Rai is what we landed for the price of a Shriya Saran at Copper Chimney Indian restaurant on E 28th St off Lexington Ave in the Curry Hill area of New York City the other day.
Copper Chimney NYC – Nice Indian Food
Help Us Out
Folks, we have a serious doubt here. Help us with this one, will you.
Say, is the owner of Copper Chimney NYC a moron or what?
The other day this bozo laid out a decent weekend Indian lunch buffet including a glass of wine for $9.95.
So un-Indian to serve quality food with polite service at cheap prices in NYC. Right, na?
What did you say? Ah, you want to know if the $9.95 price for the weekend brunch is a typo.
No beta, not a typo. It’s $9.95 for a fine Indian meal with a glass of wine or soda (for the teetotallers). Continue reading »
Hygiene, it seems, is not a word found in desi restaurateur Nandita Khanna’s lexicon.
Nandita’s high-end Utsav Indian restaurant in New York City continues to be plagued by serious hygiene issues.
A recent NYC Health Dept inspection of Utsav (11/30/2009) brought up sewage disposal, adulterated food, live mice and vermin issues.
Yeeks.
Raw, cooked or prepared food at Utsav is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated and/ or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan, says the NYC Health Dept. after conducting an inspection of this Indian restaurant on November 30, 2009.
Also, Utsav Festive India restaurant facility is not vermin proof, harborage or conditions conducive to vermin infestation exist and there is evidence of, or live mice in facility’s food and/ or non-food areas, according to the NYC Health Dept. Continue reading »
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