For the last couple of days, we’ve been playing with NDTV 2.0, an upgrade to the eponymous Indian TV news channel’s application for the iPhone 4. We weren’t too happy with the previous 1.1 version of the NDTV app and hoped the upgrade would have fixed some of the shortcomings. Also, the new Live TV […]
A few years back, one of our friends from Chennai got us a bunch of DVDs including one featuring three Rajinikanth films Thillu Mullu, Ranga and Moondru Mugam. For some reason, the DVD wouldn’t play in our Panasonic home-theater. So we kept it aside and completely forgot about it until we recently got an Acer […]
If Julius Caesar had not spoken those famous words Veni, Vidi, Vici (I came, I saw, I conquered) after his victory over king Pharnaces of Potus in 47 BC, we doubt Latin would enjoy the cachet it does today among the literati. Here are a few fine Latin expressions culled from the book Veni, Vidi, […]
(A Public Service Blog Post) OMG, OMG, Rats, mice, vermin and food contamination issues? Chola NYC – Restaurant or Pig-Sty? Say, is Chola NYC on E.58th St in Midtown Manhattan an Indian restaurant or a filthy pig-sty. Folks, Rats, Mice, Vermin, Sewage and Food Contamination issues are some of the hygiene problems identified by the […]
OK folks, fasten your seat-belts now. For we are back with the latest installment of your favorite series Incredible India. A short while ago we were reading a piece on Indian women renting their wombs to rich Westerners and sometimes rich Easterners (Japanese). That set us thinking of the many different techniques poor Indians resort […]
The way things are going for Japanese car company Toyota, soon their cars are likely to have have as much value as a Sapota. For all ye schmucks considering the purchase of a Toyota car any time soon, here are a few tidbits to keep in mind about this chutiya car manufacturer: 1. Toyota has […]