Dhoni Review – Prakash Raj Scores Big

By SI Commenter Mnx542 Watched Dhoni today in Chennai. Sad to see that including me, there were only about 30 people in the theater with a capacity of over 310. I was a bit doubtful about how the movie would turn out to be but all my doubts vanished as the movie started playing. A […]

Times of India Tweeks a Junk Mag for iPad

Even the most successful of businesses sometimes make asses of themselves with incomprehensibly stupid decisions. Yesterday, it was the turn of India’s top newspaper group Times of India to display its jackass colors. Not content with putting out iPad apps for its two flagship newspapers, Times of India and Economic Times, Times Internet Limited, the […]

Quote of the Day – Dickens on Indians

On the occasion of Charles Dickens’ 200th birth centenary, it’s time to look at what the acclaimed British writer thought of Indians. Here’s what the dickhead Dickens wrote after the 1857 mutiny/First War of Independence: I wish I were Commander in Chief over there [India]! I would address that Oriental character which must be powerfully […]

Have Y’all Seen SI’s Hot New 2012 Girl?

Oh no, we’re not talking of your favorite SI blog. We’re speaking of Sports Illustrated magazine’s Swimsuit Model of the Year. For 2012, the luscious babe is 19-year-old Kate Upton. According to Kate’s Wiki profile, she was born in St. Joseph, Michigan and raised in Melbourne, Florida. But with a figure like Kate’s does it […]

Trader Joe’s Spicy Chai Latte – Heavenly

The gluttons at SI have had Lattes at so many places – the neighborhood Wawa Food Market, McDonald’s, Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts and several smaller non-chain stores. But never an invigorating delicious Latte like the one we prepared at home by mixing a scoop of Trader Joe’s Spicy Chai Latte powder into a cup of boiling water. […]