Laws and rules are only for little people. If any proof was ever needed that the rich, powerful and well connected are always beyond the reach of the law, it was provided by NYC Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade’s departure from the U.S. without having to pay for her crime of exploiting her maid Sangeeta Richard […]
NYC Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade was indicted today and upon being granted diplomatic immunity was asked to leave the U.S. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara filed a 21-page indictment today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Devyani Khobragade was arrested on December 12, 2013 and charged with Visa fraud and […]
Venkataramana Govinda, Govinda! Each time a Tamil film releases, I temporarily regain my faith in God, and send up the above Govinda prayer to none other than Balaji of the Seven Hills seeking divine remission from the plague. I beseech the Lord to turn crappy Tamil movies into duds. And each time Balaji unfailingly lets […]
After the nightmarish ordeal of sitting through Punnaku Pandi’s last movie, Thalaivaa (Leader), the other day, all I can say is that the Tamil Nadu political leadership is far wiser than I gave them credit for. Just in case you’d forgotten, Jilla’s release was delayed in August 2013 over “security threats” to theaters and brought […]