Apple today is tooting its horn that 10 billion applications have been downloaded from its App Store. Launched in July 2008, the App Store is a digital media repository of applications in diverse categories including games, entertainment, health, utilities, sports, weather and more. The applications run on Apple’s popular iPhone, iPod touch devices, iPad tablet […]
* How the Poor Die in India Every Day – A short piece on how a poor laborer screwed by the Chhattisgarh government lost his son (Hindu) * Only in India Stories – Stray Dogs eat a dead body in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. No, we’re not surprised. After all, it’s Tamil Nadu! (Times of India) […]
Say, since when does a New York desi living the good life in a plush, sea-facing apartment in Mumbai with a maid on hand to make and serve tea get her clothes washed by the Dhobi, an almost bygone relic from a different era. Hellloo, washing machine! Executives at GE, LG, Samsung et al if […]
* Incest Rapes Increase – If Indians are making news, you can be sure it’s for all the wrong reasons. Indian fathers, grandfathers, brothers, uncles and sons are screwing raping their close family members more often than before. No kidding. More details here. Only in India News 1 – What’s wrong with these Tamils? 92% […]
More Indian fathers, uncles, brothers, grandfathers et al are finding their thrill in raping young girls, teenagers and other women among their family members. Even as overall rape has gone down by a modest 0.3%, incest rape is up sharply by 30.7% in 2009 over the prior year, according to India’s National Crime Records Bureau. […]
The mailman brought us two DVDs today from Netflix – From Paris with Love (John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys Meyers) and Temple Grandin (Claire Danes). Since Travolta is a bigger name and given our weakness for action thrillers, we’re watching From Paris With Love first. The 93-minute movie was released in early 2010 in the U.S. […]