Heartbreaker Review – How Soon will the Bollywood Bastards Steal this Amusing Romcom?

Women in couples come in three different categories. Happy; Knowingly unhappy; and unhappy without admitting it. I work on that final category. Say, how long do you think it’s gonna be before the thieving Indian bastards filch the story and screenplay of the French romcom L’arnacœur aka Heartbreaker and turn it into an unwatchable horror-show? […]

Quotes of the Day – Somerset Maugham

Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five. ************* It is cruel to discover one’s mediocrity only when it is too late. It does not improve the temper. – Monsieur Foinet to Philip Carey in Somerset Maugham’s On Human Bondage, P.248

India Special Reserve Beer Review – No Big Deal

What do you do after watching a depressingly excellent Romanian film like 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days? Well, if you were SI, you’d immediately open the fridge and take out an ice-cold bottle of India Special Reserve Beer, place it in the freezer for a few minutes to cool it further and scrounge […]

U.S. Restaurants Still Struggling

Hard times continue for U.S. restaurants, including, of course, Indian dining establishments in NYC and elsewhere. The recession has taken a severe toll on restaurants forcing several to close or offer discounts and specials. And now comes news that the bad times for restaurants are not only not disappearing but things could even get worse. […]

English for Schmucks – Come Out of the Closet

Come out of the closet is a fairly common phrase, one we encounter at least once a month. So what does the phrase mean? Come out of the closet means to disclose publicly that one is a homosexual (now don’t ask us what a homosexual means). Example: Isn’t it time for Bollywood producer Narendra Johar […]