We live in unusual times. America is struggling while China and India are thriving. But in the movie business, it’s the other way around. Lately, Hollywood is thriving while Bollywood is gasping for breath. Hard Times for Bollywood Bollywood is struggling with movie (Yuvraaj) after movie (Chandni Chowk to China) after movie (Billu Barber) after […]
It’s hell today, here in the Northeast. Heavy snow since Sunday evening has closed schools, delayed flights, shut down roads, caused power outages and created a big mess across the Northeast. Picture taken today at 10:15 ET (20:45 IST) Here’s an excerpt from the NYT: Schools were closed from Virginia to Maine, and government offices […]
Having just discovered the existence on this planet of saxophonist Kadri Gopalnath (via a New Yorker profile of Rudresh Mahanthappa), we can’t get enough of this virtuoso. So we trooped over to Apple’s iTunes digital media store yesterday and like any cheapo desi searched for a good deal. And boy did we find one. Yes, we […]
Well, what do you expect from a crappy movie industry. Come on guys, are you really surprised that some of the crappiest Bollywood movies ever made or a bunch of zeros walked away with the top honors at the Filmfare awards ceremony. At the latest Crapfare oops Filmfare Awards ceremony, the top winners – it should actually […]