Incredible India Bus in Midtown Manhattan Hey look, India is all over New York these days. Gujjus, Telugus, Tamils, Sardars, Mallus and Marathis, you can see all of them and more varieties of Desis in New York. From the many Hindu Temples in Queens and Long Island to the scores of mostly lousy Indian restaurants to […]
Vikram Pandit is the favorite to be named as CEO of struggling financial giant Citigroup. Reporting that Citigroup would name a CEO soon, the Wall Street Journal (subscription required) said in its Saturday edition: The front-runner is Vikram Pandit, who currently oversees Citigroup’s investment bank and alternative-investments businesses, the people said. That would fill the […]
U.S. Jaguar car dealers are opposed to selling the premium Jaguar brand to an Indian company saying that it would screw the brand’s luxury image. Two Indian companies Tata and Mahindra have expressed interest in acquiring the Jaguar brand from Ford. Ken Gorin, Chairman of the Jaguar Business Operations Council, a group representing Jaguar car […]
Widespread availability of AMD’s energy-efficient Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processor a.k.a. Barcelona for computer servers has been delayed yet again because of a technical glitch. Barcelona has been in limited availability since September this year. Because of the glitch, widespread availability of the Barcelona chip has now been pushed back to early next year. The chip was originally […]
For movie buffs living in the U.S., Â Netflix is an excellent source of both Bollywood, Hollywood and foreign movies. You pick your movies online on the Netflix web site and the DVDs come to you via mail in a day or two. Postage both ways is included in the subscription. Here are some interesting Netflix […]
Gujarat Chief Minister and BJP leader Narendra Modi has received a notice from India’s Election Commission for his inflamatory campaign speech on December 4 in Mangrol that justified the killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh in an Indian-style encounter with the police. The Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case is now before India’s Supreme Court. In a notice to Modi asking him […]