Aditya Chemudupaty Out

Desi kid Aditya Chemudupaty is out of the 2010 Spelling Bee. Aditya was tripped by engysseismology. The 13-year-old is an 8th grader at Nolan Ryan Junior High School in Pearland, Texas. Oh, well. there are two more desi kids in the fray: Anamika Veeramani and Shantanu Srivatsa. Here’s Aditya’s bio from the Bee web site: […]

3 Desi Kids Make it To Spelling Bee Finals

Tamil Girl Anamika Veeramani is 2010 Spelling Bee Champion Three desi kids Anamika Veeramani, Shantanu Srivatsa and Aditya Chemudupaty have made it to the finals of the 2010 Spelling Bee competition. The performance of desi students has not been as good this year as in 2009. Last year, seven desi kids made it to the […]

Vedam Review – Second Half Salvages Film

Thank God for the second half when the tempo picks up considerably from a sedate first half. Otherwise, Vedam would have been yet another crappy, boring Telugu film unwatchable by humans. Eschewing the familiar and insane claptrap of asinine youthful romances, Vedam trots down a different path with its five different stories. Of course, the […]

Vedam First Half – Boring Shit

9.35PM Intermission time. Boring shit. Boring. Five different stories. They haven’t intersected yet. Presumably, they will now that all the characters are in Hyderabad. Allu Arjun – nothing extraordinary. Anushka as the whore Saroja is alright.