Watching Nagarjuna’s Kedi – Pray for Us!
We’re in a masochistic mood tonight. So we’re off to watch Nagarjuna’s new film Kedi. There are about 60 people in the theater. Related Stories: Kedi Review – Not for Humans
Quote of the Day – Amar Lulla
The U.S. would grant a patent to a piece of toilet paper. Just because the U.S. granted a patent, doesn’t mean it should be valid. – Amar Lulla, CEO of Indian generics drugmaker Cipla Source: Wall Street Journal, February 11, 2010
Bombay Talk Review – Pol Pot’s Outpost in Iselin
You will not make a good death. (Source: John Burdett, Bangkok 8, p.100, emphasis added) After a particularly odious meal at Bombay Talk on Oak Tree Road in Iselin (NJ) the other day, we were reminded of the above Thai power curse that seemed appropriate to hurl at the fiends behind this trashy Indian fast […]
Google Fires High Speed Broadband Bullet
A few short minutes ago, we ran a speed test on our Internet connection. And this is what we hit: Downstream: 21.04 Mbps Upstream: 3.83 Mbps Good enough for the purposes of blogging, watching YouTube videos and streaming the occasional Netflix movie via our Roku box. Now picture this: Google announced on its blog today […]
Bangkok 8 Review – Wild Yaa Baa Ride
What a shame that all ye half-wit natives read little besides the gin-soaked ramblings on these pages. If you did, you’d realize what an exhilarating Yaa Baa ride John Burdett’s Bangkok 8 turns out to be. (Yaa Baa, or Bhul Bhuliya for the uninformed desi dummkopfs, is the ‘mad drug,’ the potent methamphetamine favored by the […]
Mayabazar Review – The Magic Endures
(by SI blog reader Asha Tampa) It is amazing how, after a period of more than 50 years a movie can continue to enthrall audiences of all ages – perhaps now more so than ever, considering it’s just been released in color. Having seen Mayabazar umpteen times since my childhood, it was pure pleasure to […]