We went to our local library a short while ago to pick up The Talented Mr.Ripley. The libray didn’t have the DVD (they had only the VHS cassette) and being the greedy desis that we are, we didn’t want to return empty-handed. So, we picked up two other DVDs – Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation […]
Here comes the 13th instalment of Incredible India with those only-in-India stories. * India is one of those unique countries where humans are routinely treated worse than pigs. But dogs are now being treated better than humans. So what if several hundred million Indians lack proper homes and live in crumbling structures amidst filth and squalor. […]
Guys, here comes the third instalment of Amazing America. You think folks here are any less weirder than back home in India. No way. * Los Angeles county spent about $13,000 to pursue a $1,004 debt owed by a grandma living on social security. No kidding. Read this L.A.Times story. * A few weeks back, […]
The digital media blogs are all atwitter that MySpace COO Amit Kapur is leaving. Apparently, Kapur plans to start a new venture. It seems two other MySpace executives – Jim Benedetto, SVP of Engineering and Steve Pearman, SVP of Product Strategy – are joining Amit in his new venture. Amit Kapur Kapur, 27, joined MySpace in […]
Is there anyone out there who has yet to watch Slumdog Millionaire, the non-Bollywood made-in-India masterpiece? OK, maybe you live in Siberia or Antarctica. Not to worry. The eight-Oscar winner is coming to Blu-ray and regular DVD on March 31 at disgustingly high prices. The Blu-ray version costs $40 and the DVD version $30.
This is an American tragedy. A new study by the Pew Center has found that 7.32 million American adults were in prison, on parole or on probation in 2007, a tripling over the last 25 years. Folks, that makes it 1 in every 31 American adults in prison, on parole or on probation. For Blacks, […]