(Background: U.S. President Barack Obama meets new Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday, June 7 at Palm Springs in Southern California. Main item on Obama’s agenda is Chinese Cyber-Attacks on U.S. interests or what I call Cyber-Terrorism) Modern terrorists come in many guises. Osama bin Laden is merely one of many terrorist avatars. Among the deadliest […]
Tamil Nadu politician and DMK Leader M.Karunanidhi turned 90 today. And as usual, loudspeakers in Chennai and other cities in Tamil Nadu are blasting out songs cacophonous bilge extolling the “legendary virtues” of this bigamist and snollygoster. People in the know tell me that every part of Karunanidhi’s body except his brain is in a […]
At last, a Hindu hero is rocking the Muslim citadel in Bollywood. For decades, Muslim stars like Salman Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan etc have lorded over Bollywood and the box office collections. Hindu stars in Bollywood like Akshay Kumar, Hrithik Roshan and Ajay Devgan have just not been able to match […]
Infosys co-founder N.R.Narayana Murthy has muscled back into the IT services company he co-founded 32-years back. A few hours back N.R. Narayana Murthy was named Executive Chairman and additional director of the company with immediate effect (he “retired” from Infosys in 2011). Narayana Murthy’s return was a move that was long overdue, in my not-so-humble […]
I guarantee trash loving Indian movie buffs will not be disappointed with Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. A silly romance punctuated by tomfoolery in picturesque surroundings (Manali), heavy use of English slang (Kalki Koechlin), girls letting their pallus slide or donning mini-skirts and shorts in freezing weather (Deepika Padukone), hags lifting the skirt to display skin […]
By MadMax673 I don’t know when Hollywood’s darn strategy of bringing up an “unexpected” twist in the end is going to end. A trick to make us watch it again and check for ourselves if what has played out in the friggin’ movie so far makes sense or not. Either case audience loses money. More […]