Our mail-carrier just dropped off the mail a short while ago. And guess what we found – a Walmart flier for a $298 Compaq Presario CQ60-419WM laptop. That’s for a 6-cell battery 15.6-inch laptop with 3GB RAM, 160GB HD, DVD/CD writer and Windows Vista Home Basic. Not a bad deal, folks. The $298 laptop sale […]
Not merely a beautiful tragedy, Naagarahaavu (1972) is also a Kannada Cinemada Habba (a celebration of Kannada films). A classic on many levels, Naagarahaavu ranks among the finest Indian movies made in the 1970s. It’s that rare regional movie from India’s hinterlands where the acting, music and story jell, and join in unison to deliver […]
I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me. I am then never less alone than when alone. – William Hazlitt in the essay On Going a Journey p.140 in Hazlitt: Selected Essays, edited by George Sampson (Cambridge University Press, 1963)
Surely, the Japs have taken leave of their senses or perhaps it’s the delayed effect of the nuclear bomb we dropped on their parents’ heads back in 1945. We think the decline of Japan (the stagflation and all that) and their fascination for Muthu and its protagonist Rajnikanth is all of a piece. Decline of […]
Boy, these are hard times for restaurants in the U.S., particularly for Indian restaurants that are starting to see long and dark shadows fall over them. Real hard times, folks. Market researcher NPD has just put out a report that traffic for casual dining restaurants in the U.S. declined 4% in this year’s spring quarter […]
After the delightful Love in the Afternoon, we’re in our Audrey Hepburn mood now. So we are watching yet another Audrey Hepburn flick. Today’s pick is the 1963 film Charade. It’s available on Netflix’ Instant Play, which means you don’t have to wait for the DVD to come by mail and can play it instantly […]