Struggling with its Internet misadventures in the face of the relentless Google onslaught, a desperate Microsoft is investing $240 million in social networking web site Facebook Inc. Google, which was also keen on a deal with Facebook, has a social networking web site Orkut that’s popular in India and Brazil but has yet to catch on in the […]
Auto giant General Motors is struggling to sell its cars in the U.S. but is making steady headway in India. In the U.S., GM is shutting down more plants, cutting production, firing more employees, slashing wages for new workers and seeing lower car sales. In the third quarter, GM car sales fell 6.1% in North America. […]
We think Bobby Jindal is a disgrace and brings much shame to the Indian-American community. And shame to Louisiana as well, the unfortunate U.S. state of which Bobby will soon be its next Governor. Of course, many Desis in the U.S. will disagree. They are pleased as punch that Bobby will become the first Indian-American […]
Dasara Festival is synonymous with arrangement of dolls in South India, particularly in Mysore (Karnataka), Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. During our travels in California a few years back, we found the below arrangement of dolls at a Hindu temple in San Diego. Dasara Dolls at Shiva-Vishnu Temple, San Diego (2005) According to the folks […]
A suicide bomber killed 115 and wounded 250 others in a failed attempt to kill former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in Karachi today. Benazir Bhutto, who was unhurt in the attack, has just returned from a eight-year-long self-imposed exile to participate in the political process under encouragement from the Americans. Bhutto was traveling in […]
Archbishop Oswald Gracias (63) of the Archdiocese of Bombay has been appointed as Cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday. A Mumbai native, Archbishop Oswald Gracias will officially become Cardinal on 24 November 2007 at a Pontifical Ceremony by Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican. Archbishop Gracias is the fourth Cardinal of Bombay and tenth […]