Dhobi Ghat Review – Less Dhobi, More Phony

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 […]

Watching From Paris With Love

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. […]

CyberCrime – Price List for Your Credit Card Details

So, all you schmucks think your credit card or bank account information is safe? Ha ha ha. Think again, fellas. Security software provider Panda Labs has concluded a study on the CyberCrime black market. And the results make for very interesting reading. Here are the CyberCrime black market rates for sensitive, precious information pertaining to […]

India Digest – Manmohan, Supreme Court, Abhishek

* Cabinet Reshuffle – If Manmohan Singh eventually notches up any achievement to his credit, it’ll be for preventing Rahul Gandhi’s easy accession to the throne. A corruption scandal a day and this budda is blithely shuffling around the rickety chairs on the falling deck as if all’s well with the nation. Maybe, a shot […]