My general line for those both at home and around the world who think the U.S. is in decline is that history’s dustbins are filled with countries that underestimated the resilience of the United States. – U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, New York Times, 1/9/2011, P.6
If there any schmucks around who still believe that the Internet is not a big deal, here are some stats (from Pingdom) to disabuse them of such quaint notions: Internet Users * 1.97 billion – Internet users worldwide (June 2010) * 825.1 million – Internet users in Asia * 475.1 million – Internet users in […]
The latest issue of New Yorker (January 17, 2011) has a lengthy piece by Jon Lee Anderson on the Sri Lankan Army’s decisive victory over the LTTE terrorist outfit (remember, these monsters killed Indian leader Rajiv Gandhi). The piece provides an overview of the conflict with emphasis on the final days of the war in […]
It’s given to few earthlings to experience Dante’s inferno. Count us among the unfortunate souls that walked into the nine fiery pathways of Hell via the portals of an NYC Indian restaurant. It was bad Karma that dragged us into Darbar Grill, a dumpster on East 55th St in Midtown Manhattan masquerading as an Indian […]
It’s official now. Wireless carrier AT&T’s monopoly over selling the hot iPhone in the U.S. is over. Starting February 10, Apple’s iPhone, the world’s favorite smartphone, will also be offered by Verizon Wireless to its subscribers in the U.S. If you are an existing Verizon customer, you can ore-order the iPhone 4 on February 3. […]
Given their hideous quality, we’ve always viewed the release of every Bollywood film with mucho fear, as an apocalyptic event if you will. Well, maybe somebody invaded our mind and poked into our thoughts a la the Inception. 😉 You see, the other day Manan Singh Katohora, a U.S.-based Hindi film director and producer, sent […]