Just in time for Valentine’s Day (Feb 14), romantic books publisher Harlequin is offering 16 titles of its e-books for free download. Harlequin says the 16 titles are written by some of its top-selling authors and will be available for digital download throughout 2009 here. The free romance e-titles include Slow Hands by Leslie Kelly, Price […]
Starbucks is EXPENSIVE. God knows how mucho dollars we’ve squandered in their stores on the coffee, the brownies, the scones et al. Ever since our Gujjus made the Dunkin Coffee undrinkable, we’ve shifted our loyalties to Starbucks. But since the U.S. economy got flushed out into the toilet, Starbucks has taken a severe beating. Plus competition […]
Lo, here comes the eighth instalment of Incredible India. * Shahrukh Khan has shaved the word ‘barber‘ in hoarding ads for his upcoming movie Billu Barber following protests from the barbers. Here’s an excerpt from the TOI story: After courting controversy days ahead of its release, Shah Rukh Khan’s latest film ‘Billu Barber’ will see […]
UK Tamils Show Middle Finger to Bala’s Naan Kadavul Some 25 minutes into Naan Kadavul, we cried out in helpless agony – Kadavule Kapathu (God, please help us). But the almighty Kadavul did not deign to respond to our cry for mercy because it was beyond even his powers to salvage this movie. Disappointing, Very […]
We are now watching After the Wedding, a Danish movie that has an Indian connection. Directed by Susanne Bier, After the Wedding features Mads Mikkelsen, Rolf LassgÃ¥rd, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Stine Fischer Christensen, Mona Malm, Christian Tafdrup, Niels Anders Thorn, Rita Angela and Erni Arneson. The movie was nominated to the Oscars in the Best […]
The last time we spoke to NYC restaurateur and Dhaba NYC owner Shiva Natarajan, the fella was blabbing on and on about his Bollywood connections, his Bollywood roles in movies like Halla Bol and Khakee, his Bollywood celebrity acquaintances like Ajay Devgan and Aishwarya Rai, blah blah blah blah. And Shiva’s main restaurant Web site […]