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There are the daily chutiya deals that land in your mail-box and then there are the real deals.
Guys, Qatar Airways’ 2-1 appears to be one of those rare real deals.
To celebrate its 100th destination milestone, Qatar Airways has rolled out a limited-time promotion that offers you 2 tickets for the price of 1.
We played around with the bookings on the Qatar Airways web site and the savings for two people could be as much as Continue reading »
Rama Navami starts today, according to the wise folks at Wikipedia.
And as we were scrolling through our image collection of Hindu Gods, we couldn’t help but wonder whether Rama, his wife Sita, devoted brother Lakshman and Rama’s faithful soldier Hanuman really looked like their depiction in the below photograph?
Rama (center), Lakshman (left) and Sita ((right) with Hanuman (kneeling)
Special Request: If any SI reader has seen Rama, please do let us know if there’s a resemblance between the person you saw and the image (middle) above. Continue reading »
Let no one complain that our desis in New Jersey are not making news.
Just a few days after news of H1B fraudster Nilesh Dasondi’s prison sentence hit the wires, comes news that another desi will be heading to prison soon.
Somerset (NJ) businessman Vaibhav Dahake has pleaded guilty to to an Indictment charging him with one count of conspiring to defraud the IRS.
Dahake is said to have admitted to conspiring to conceal undeclared bank accounts in India.
Dahake faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000, or twice the amount of financial gain to the defendant or loss to the IRS. Sentencing is set for July 22, 2011.
If you are curious to know more, read the statement issued by the U.S. Justice Department below: Continue reading »
Chinatown buses are largely an East Coast phenomenon in the U.S.
Their principal claim to fame is that they ferry people between cities at prices so cheap that other forms of transport just can’t match them.
These buses are run by Chinese immigrants and operate out of Albany, Boston, New York City, Queens (NYC), Atlantic City (and other casino centers), Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wilmington, Washington DC, Richmond, Raleigh and even as far as Atlanta and Orlando.
The buses usually start and stop by the kerbside in the Chinatown parts of the cities or in the city centers.
The secondary claim to fame of Chinatown buses happens to be the two recent accidents that killed a bunch of people in NYC and injured a few on the New Jersey Turnpike in the second accident.
A Chinatown Bus Ticket
Our Experience
We took a Chinatown bus recently from Wilmington to New York City to check out the experience.
Chinatown Bus parked at NYC @W.34th St
(outside Foot Locker and opposite Macy’s)
An Hour Late
Our experience may not replicate that of others. But this is what we found. Continue reading »
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