Dreams die fast for India’s poor. Shafiq Syed, who played Krishna, the adorable chaipau kid in Mira Nair’s 1988 film Salaam Bombay, is now a grownup driving an auto-rickshaw in Bangalore. Apparently, the success of Salaam Bombay did not do much for Shafiq Syed’s prospects in Bollywood, according to a TOI story. Wonder what will […]
We went to our local library a short while ago to pick up The Talented Mr.Ripley. The libray didn’t have the DVD (they had only the VHS cassette) and being the greedy desis that we are, we didn’t want to return empty-handed. So, we picked up two other DVDs – Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation […]
Here comes the 13th instalment of Incredible India with those only-in-India stories. * India is one of those unique countries where humans are routinely treated worse than pigs. But dogs are now being treated better than humans. So what if several hundred million Indians lack proper homes and live in crumbling structures amidst filth and squalor. […]
Guys, here comes the third instalment of Amazing America. You think folks here are any less weirder than back home in India. No way. * Los Angeles county spent about $13,000 to pursue a $1,004 debt owed by a grandma living on social security. No kidding. Read this L.A.Times story. * A few weeks back, […]
The digital media blogs are all atwitter that MySpace COO Amit Kapur is leaving. Apparently, Kapur plans to start a new venture. It seems two other MySpace executives – Jim Benedetto, SVP of Engineering and Steve Pearman, SVP of Product Strategy – are joining Amit in his new venture. Amit Kapur Kapur, 27, joined MySpace in […]
Is there anyone out there who has yet to watch Slumdog Millionaire, the non-Bollywood made-in-India masterpiece? OK, maybe you live in Siberia or Antarctica. Not to worry. The eight-Oscar winner is coming to Blu-ray and regular DVD on March 31 at disgustingly high prices. The Blu-ray version costs $40 and the DVD version $30.