(For SI blog readers Trishna147 and GaneshKumar) * Now we know where the Indian police thugs learned the infamous ‘aeroplane treatment’ they mete out to people in their custody. * Now we know where the Yellow Monkeys (Chinese) learned the art of brutalizing its people. * Now we know where the CIA goons learned water-boarding […]
Cinnamon is now closed If like us you are a habitué at Indian restaurants in Manhattan, it’s hard to ignore the Curry Hill stretch on Lexington Avenue in NYC. You can’t walk two steps in the neighborhood without tripping over an Indian restaurant – some good, some ugly and some horribly ugly. So off we […]
Even when awake, southern Indians seem to me drowsy, lifeless, absent. – The late French film-maker Louis Malle in the documentary Phantom India
After all the years abroad, he [Imre Galambos] is good at comparing different cultures. He taught both Chinese and American students, and he tells me that Americans don’t have the same relationship to the written word that he noticed among the Chinese. For the Chinese, writing seemed to be the root of their cultural identity, […]
Schmucks, we ain’t talking of the Prophet here but A Prophet. Verstehen? Nein? Dann halt deine klappe. Blessing our good fortune and thanking Bollywood, Kollywood, Tollywood et al for not releasing any films lately, we headed for Philadelphia yesterday for some Chaat and to watch the French movie A Prophet. While the Chaat at Desi […]
The music never stops here these days. Here’s a short list of some of what we’ve purchased lately: * Crush – Jenifer Paige’s biggest hit has been a favorite of ours for a long time. It’s just a little crush (crush) Not like I faint every time we touch It’s just some little thing (crush) […]