Un’f*cking’believable. Only in India, folks. Only in India can a legislator be assaulted inside the Legislative Assembly for daring to take the oath in Hindi, the country’s national language. SP legislator Abu Azmi was beaten up inside the Maharashtra Assembly today by some legislators belonging to Raj Thackeray’s MNS party for taking the oath in […]
Well, well, who’d have thought this. An Indian-born Columbia University economist as president of the United States Soccer Federation. Born in Allahabad, Sunil Gulati grew up in Nebraska, studied at Columbia, worked at the World Bank and is now president of the United States Soccer Federation. Oh, our desi also teaches at Columbia. Interesting, na? […]
Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab – Not Much Cheer at Box Office Folks, if you are planning on watching Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani this weekend we strongly urge you to think twice. Hey, think thrice too because who knows if you’ll have a job soon. A chorus of Indian movie critics is none too pleased […]
Yamudiki Mogudu belongs to an era when Telugu film star Chiranjeevi was an ordinary Supreme Hero not the extraordinary Mega-Star he’s now. Last night, we traveled back in time to watch this film. And if you insist on a one-word summary of our Yamudiki Mogudu experience, all we’d say is: abomination. The Netflix sleeve of […]
Folks, if there’s one Bollywood star whose movies unfailingly guarantee disaster lately at the U.S. box office, it’s Salman Khan. The hopeless actor is the kiss of death at the box office, a nightmare for the audience and misery for the Bollywood producers and distributors. Over the last few years, Salman Khan has amassed a […]
O my son, look thee out a kingdom equal to and worthy of thyself, for Macedonia is too little for thee. – A tearful Philip to his son Alexander after the young man subdued the wild horse Bucephalus, cited in Plutarch’s Lives (See Alexander, p.805)