Statistic of the Day – Desis in Spelling Bee 2009Â OK, folks. We’re back from our beer-induced siesta and lo, what do we find – 15 desi kids made it to the 2009 Spelling Bee semifinals 15 out of 31 desi kids who cleared the early rounds of 2009 Spelling Bee are now in the […]
Update: Kavya Shivashankar is Spelling Bee 2009 Champion Folks, two rounds of the Spelling Bee 2009 are already over. And so far, our desi kids have covered themselves with glory. As we type this post, Round Three is going on in Washington DC . There are at least 31 Desi students among the 293 contestants who […]
After a heavy desi lunch buffet at the Palace of Asia and then a Heineken, we’re in no mood to plug away at the keyboard. So, we’re gonna read the latest issue of the New Yorker for a few minutes, take a siesta for a few hours and then watch two Hollywood movies back to […]
Many Americans (including us) on occasion get angry over the issue of H1B work visas at a time when unemployment in the U.S. is rising (11% in California now) and approaching 10% in other states. But what seems like an abstract problem at a distance becomes a disturbing tragedy at close quarters. Sad Story We […]
Who would have thought that America’s largest state [California], a state whose economy is larger than that of all but a few nations, could so easily become a banana republic? – Nobel Laureate and Princeton University economist Paul Krugman, writing in the New York Times, May 25, 2009. The state of California stands on the […]
It’s been a while since we went over to RedBox for our free movie fix. So, we headed over to the nearby RedBox (the locations are increasing) today and picked up Snatch. Directed by Guy Ritchie (ex-Mr.Madonna), the crime movie features Brad Pitt, Benicio del Toro and Vinnie Jones among others. Apparently, Snatch met with […]