If Bollywood actor and NYC restaurateur Shiva Natarajan had just one whit of shame, he’d take a long dagger and plunge it deep into his stomach, ritually disemboweling himself in a harakiri a la the Samurai of yore when their honor was questioned. Alas, since shame is in short supply lately and the Samurai have […]
ZNMD 2nd Wknd BO – Better Than Singham 1st Wknd Hey, who’s surprised? Not us. Zoya Akhtar’s Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara has found favor with moviegoers, as the wise SI predicted. For the July 15-17, 2011 opening weekend, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara did close to a million dollars. Well, $960,548 to be precise. The movie […]
Indians have been slow to climb on the bandwagon of the iPad or other tablets, presumably because of the price and the absence of WiFi in most homes in India. Not surprisingly, Indian developers have been slow to build applications for the iPad or for its successor, the iPad 2. But in the U.S., the […]
Finito! Our favorite brick and mortar book store chain, the troubled Borders Group is shutting down after failing to find any bidders. Over the years, we’ve lost track of the number of books we’ve purchased at Borders stores in NY, NJ, PA, CA, DE and MD. Not just for books, we headed to Borders for […]
Who says life is certain? Tragedy sometimes strikes with stunning, cruel swiftness. Here, watch the below video of an unfortunate incident that occurred today at the Patalpani Water Falls in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. (Via Vasanth’s FB account) Related Stores: Indore: Family on picnic swept away by wave
Man, it’s been a month since SI’s last installment of Incredible India, those only in India real-life stories. Here we go with another episode. * All these years, we deluded ourselves into believing that the way to get strong is to eat nutritious food and visit the gym regularly. Hell, what do we know! SI […]