Life is unceasing misery for hundreds of millions in India. For few is the daily misery as terrible as for the widows in India, with many abandoned in the City of Widows – Vrindavan, where these unfortunate souls live chanting Lord Krishna’s name for a few morsels (Hindu tradition has it that Krishna, one of […]
Folks, here’s the latest instalment of Incredible India, those Only in India stories. * Even the deaf and dumb are not spared from sexual assaults in India. Several young deaf and dumb girls were repeatedly raped over several months allegedly by their teachers at a school in Tutu, near Shimla. Here’s an excerpt from the Times […]
The theme is nice; the lines are funny; the acting is solid. Yes, we enjoyed this delicious comedy. But we doubt I Love you, Man will fly with our desis. At least, not with the Bollywood or Kollywood craving crowd. Maybe, the movie might resonate with the ABCDs but not with most of our regular […]
I could see that he enjoyed putting me in the know, because there is a freight of detail in Indian life – an ever-present cargo of dogma, of strictures, of lessons, of distinctions – that turns Indians into monologuers. Their motive seemed pedantic, not to convert you but to exaggerate how little you knew of […]
There were 13 million fewer music buyers in the U.S. in 2008 compared to the prior year although music listening is increasing, according to a new survey report put out by the NPD Group. It seems the decline in music buying was led by a 19% drop in CD sales (there were 17 million fewer […]
For those of you sick of the interminable run of crappy Bollywood and nighmarishly ugly Kollywood movies, Tokyo Sonata will restore your faith in movies. At first, we were debating if it was worth making the trip to New York City to watch Tokyo Sonata. But after watching this lovely movie, we can happily say […]