When I heard Trader Joe’s new Indian offering was Aloo Chaat Kati Pouches, I was more than eager to try ’em. Like most desis, I crave Chaat (Indian street food) and found it intriguing that it’s now available in frozen form. So I made the 80-mile round trip to Trader Joe’s on a cold, rainy […]
Like most things connected to media mogul Rupert Murdoch, his Fox News TV channel is a piece of crap with its unabashed, reckless love of the Republican agenda and relentless bashing of Democrats and their leader Barack Obama. But we live in a world where large numbers embrace garbage with open arms (just look at […]
Amrit Singh, the U.S. based daughter of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, has put out a damaging new report that says President Barack Obama is tacitly continuing the rendition programs of his predecessor George W.Bush. Singh wrote in the report that by relying on assurances from host nations that the prisoners would not be tortured, […]
Did you smell that? The smugness, the false deference. She thinks I can be bought with a pair of tickets. What am I? A whore in post-war Berlin salivating over free stockings and chocolate. What she’s asking will cost far more than that! – Congressman and House Majority Whip Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) speaking of […]
The year – 1997 The Date – October 6 The place – Orlando, FL The event – Gartner Symposium and ITxpo97 The context – Apple was down in the dumps, its stock was trading at $22 and there were grave concerns over the company’s future. Dell was soaring, its build-to-order PC model was a big […]
Vishwaroop, the Hindi version of Kamal Haasan’s Tamil film Vishwaroopam, opened mostly to poor reviews in India. Here are review excerpts from a bunch of Indian movie critics: Hindustan Times Vishwaroop….is too cartoonish to be taken too seriously. Rahul Bose, with his mouth permanently twisted down, makes for an unintentionally hilarious terrorist boss. Rediff For […]