Damn the Heat; We Opened Our Guinness Early Today

The last couple of days have been hellishly hot on the East Coast. A harbinger of the hades for all us poor sinners, desis, goras, kallus and spics alike (btw, is there a pejorative desi word for Hispanics?). New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Delaware and further south too – it’s been terrible. Some regular SI […]

Subir Chowdhury Wins ‘Outstanding American by Choice’ Award

IIT Kharagpur alumni and quality guru Subir Chowdhury has won the ‘Outstanding American by Choice‘ award handed out by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service to recognize the outstanding achievements of naturalized U.S. citizens. Here’s what the 42-year-old Subir said on hearing the news of the award: Whatever I have dreamed, America has always […]

Ignore Loose Paiya’s Fast Drama

A few days after describing LTTE terrorist leader Prabhakaran as his good friend, Loose Paiya (crackpot) and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Karunanidhi has embarked on an ‘indefinite fast’ drama, the enduring staple of Indian political theatre. The so-called ‘indefinite fast’ is ostensibly for an immediate ceasefire in Sri Lanka but let’s not forget that elections […]

Chop Shop – Decent Movie

Just finished watching Chop Shop (2007) on DVD. Written and directed by young Iranian-American filmmaker Ramin Bahrani with a cast of ‘non-actors,’ the 84-minute-long Chop Shop is a nice movie centering around a young boy Alejandro (Alejandro Polanco) working in an auto repair shop in Queens, New York. Displaying a maturity beyond his years, the […]