The folks at Zagat Survey have put out their latest release of The World’s Best Movies covering the top 1,000 movies of all time. The list was put together based on the picks of 20,773 moviegoers who votes on the Zagat web site. Here’s the Top 20: The Godfather (1972) The Godfather Part II (1974) […]
Say, has Sanjeev Tuli, the boastful owner of Heritage India Dupont Circle on Connecticut Ave in Washington DC, forbidden his entire staff to smile at diners. We strongly suspect so. Virtually, every waiter/busboy we encountered at Heritage India Dupont Circle and even the suited manager (??) idling at the cash counter wore a grim, slightly […]
Six months back when all ye schmucks and twits were jerking off to the mantra of iPad, the smart folks at the SearchIndia.com blog were predicting hard days ahead for Apple’s tablet device. Apple’s fiscal fourth quarter sales just came out and indeed iPad sales are already sluggish. For the quarter ended September 25, 2010, […]
A happy lover is almost as tedious as an unhappy one. – Prosper Mérimée in The Etruscan Vase Prosper Mérimée was a 19th century French writer known for his short stories and novellas. The character of Saint-Clair, the tragic hero of The Etruscan Vase, is said to bear a strong resemblance to Mérimée’s.
Indian film critics have gone on the rampage against Bollywood criminal Sanjay Dutt’s new film Knock Out, which debuted in theaters today. Outright Theft An Indian court in Mumbai has already ruled that Knock Out is a copy of the 2003 Hollywood film Phone Booth (Collin Farrrell, Kiefer Sutherland) following a complaint by 20th Century […]
Mon dieu, we swear we saw heaven during our recent dinner at Madras Palace in Gaithersburg, MD. Amidst the vast wasteland of bad Indian restaurants in the U.S., Madras Palace in Gaithersburg is a beacon of hope for weary aficionados of Indian food. A 100% vegetarian Indian restaurant located at 74 Bureau Drive in Gaithersburg, […]