Ever since Steve Jobs kicked the bucket, Apple has been lean on jazzy, must-have features in upgrades to its iPhones. In my not so humble opinion, iPhone buyers are no longer getting value for money. I skipped the last two versions because the enhancements were gimmickry. iPhone 4S came with a joke of a Siri […]
The whole world knows Indians have poor taste in movies. But when even Indians show the middle finger to a movie, you can imagine how terrible it must be! Telugu star Ram Charan Teja’s Bollywood debut film Zanjeer is turning out to be one of the biggest flops of 2013. Anybody surprised? Not us, surely. […]
Americans abhor complexity. Simplicity is the lodestar of their lives. They like neat categories into which they can pigeonhole people, ideas, religion, food, sex and attitudes even if such categorizations make no sense. If you’re a Muslim, you’re either a terrorist or sleeper-cell terrorist. If you’re Black, you must be a criminal or surviving on […]
Don’t believe the clowns who tell you the old Zanjeer (1973) is an iconic or classic film. I watched a matinee show of the old Zanjeer (Amitabh Bachchan, Pran, Jaya Bhaduri, Ajit) on a hot summer day in its 1978 re-run. And to the great anguish of my dear and near ones, my recovery was […]
Who in their right minds would fork out $10 a month to read books on an iPhone! Apparently, there are Americans who are non compos mentis enough to do so. Why else would NYC startup Oyster launch an e-book subscription service offering a collection of 100,000 e-books across different genres for 10 bucks a month. […]
Jail for Telugu Groper Srinivasa Erramilli Telugu serial groper and convicted felon Srinivasa Erramilli has made several interesting arguments in his bid to escape jail time and obtain probation (albeit with special conditions). Erramilli’s novel arguments were made in his Sentencing Memorandum submitted to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on […]