One of the unmistakable signs of a declining order is the preoccupation of its people with trivia. The fixation and endless gawking on the tawdry, on flashing lights, on the frivolous antics of a teen pop star, on the latest mobile phone, on the new Barbie doll or the Christmas Tree at the Rockefeller Center. […]
In the East none but Europeans and native princes seem well fed. – Irish writer Maud Power in Wayside Story (Maud’s 1905 travelogue based on her travels in India. Published by Downey and Co in 1907), P.56
Time the natives got another English lesson. Our focus today will be on different phrases with the word pass. * Make a pass – Ha ha, don’t we priapic desis know the meaning of this phrase! * Pretty pass – Difficult situation. * Pass the buck – Shift the blame to someone stupider than yourself. […]
Ilaya-thalai-illadhi-pathi of Punnaku Pandi movies fame (see end of this post) is a haunted soul these days. Before we get started, let’s anoint our beloved Kollywood actor General Punnaku Pandi (in deference to a character Punnaku Pandi in one of his movies). After all, a General without a noun is like a decorated soldier without […]
Well, 2010 is certainly turning out to be annus horribilis for some NYC Indian restaurateurs. At least six well-known NYC Indian restaurants, some belonging to prominent groups, have called it quits in 2010. Among the NYC Indian fatalities are the high-end Tabla (shutting down at the end of this year), A Desi Diner (belonging to […]
I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me. – Humphrey Bogart’s character Dix Steele narrating lines from a screenplay he’s writing, to his girl Laurel (Gloria Grahame) in the car in the 1950 Hollywood movie In a Lonely Place. In a […]