Deewar Review – Hunger Makes for Fine Entertainment We grew up watching Hindi movies. More than Tamil movies, more than English movies and more than Kannada films, we were obsessed with Hindi films. Amitabh Bachchan, Rajesh Khanna, Dharmendra, Vinod Khanna, Sanjeev Kumar, Raj Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Vinod Mehra et al were our heroes and the […]
Naagarahaavu – Tragedy Par Excellence We plead guilty, folks. At SI, we’ve focused our attention so far exclusively on Hindi, Tamil and English movies and the stray French, German, Chinese, Spanish or Italian movie. One reason we’ve not included Kannada movies on SI hitherto is their non-availability (at least, not easily available) in the U.S. […]
Unless you are a complete schmuck, you know by war criminal we are referring to our former President George W.Bush. The reference to our favorite President is, of course, to Barack Obama. White House of Our First Black President (Sunday evening, July 19, 2009)
The other day an old fogy high on Masala Dose from Gayatri Tiffin Room just off the Chamundipuram Bus Stand, Set Dose from Gully Hotel on a side street near the Chik Market and Ice Cream from Phalamrut near the city bus stand asked us to watch Double Indemnity. And, being obedient followers of the […]
A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms what we’ve noticed for several years – Blacks and Hispanics in America tend to be more obese compared to Whites. The CDC study found Blacks have 51% higher prevalence of obesity compared to Whites. As for our amigos, Hispanics had 21% higher obesity […]
If anyone in the world should understand what ‘cheap‘ means, it’s the cheapo Indian SOBs. In their relentless pursuit of cheap, Indian cheapos (both in India and even in America) have mastered not merely the art of bargain hunting but the lower arts of thieving and ripping off too. Folks, no, we are not confused […]