Even in the land of Khushboo a.k.a the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, thin is apparently in these days. Besides the voluptuous yesteryear actress Khushboo (for whom devoted fans once built a temple), several prominent Tamil heroines like Jyothika, Ramya, Nagma, Sripriya  and Nayantara have been rather plump by Hollywood – and even Bollywood […]
Today’s New York Times features a puff piece on Indian entrepreneur Sunil Bharti Mittal tooting his horn about his recent deal with Wal-Mart to set up a wholesale distribution system. Amidst all his prattle about the cold chain, the trucking, storage etc, what caught our attention in the NYT story was Sunil Mittal’s juvenile boast […]
The folks at local search engine AskLaila have snagged $10 million in a Series B round of funding, according to VC Circle. Lightspeed Venture Partners led the round in AskLaila’s parent Bangalore-based Four Interactive. Silicon Valley Bank and return investor Matrix Partners India also participated in the latest round. Matrix invested $2 million in the startup […]
Amazon.com’s new online music store Amazon MP3 offers songs in several Indian languages including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi and Kannada. We checked the Amazon store for songs from old and new Hindi and Tamil movies including Aradhana, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Dhoom and Ilamai Oonjaladigirathu (Tamil). Guess what, we found ’em all there. A preview option […]
Starting with the browser, Microsoft has been one of the biggest failures and laggards on the Internet side of the computer industry. Microsoft’s latest and biggest failure is, of course, on the search front where Google has taken all the glory and all the money. Despite throwing in hundreds of millions of dollars, Microsoft’s MSN […]
What’s all this hullabaloo about IT company EDS paying $720,000 in bribes to Indian officials? We just don’t understand all this sound and fury and gnashing of teeth. It’s all much ado about nothing. After all, taking and giving bribes is a great Indian tradition. Scores of Bollywood movies show ministers and officers demanding and […]