Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, a disgrace to the Indian-American community, has gotten himself a book deal, according to the Times Picayune. Due out in 2010, the book will be ghost written by Peter Schweizer and focus on Bobby’s ‘life and policy ideas,’ the paper reports. A Republican, Right-wing extremist and Christian fundamentalist, Jindal is an […]
Google’s Asia-Pacific and Latin America head Sukhinder Singh Cassidy has left the company and dropped anchor at VC firm Accel Partners, where she will be CEO-In-Residence. <
Our vote goes for Padmasree Warrior, the Chief Technology Officer of Cisco. Maybe because we think old is gold. Although a Methuselah-like 48, Padmasree still oozes sex appeal. With a cute bindi gracing the midpoint of her eyebrows, at the base of her forehead just above the nose bridge, Padmasree looks yummier than a Cold Stone […]
Indian-American kid Narendra Tallapragada came in fourth in the just concluded Intel Science Talent Search 2009 competition in the U.S. (Eric Larson of Eugene, Ore., won the first prize, a $100,000 scholarship, for his research project classifying mathematical objects called fusion categories). Often referred to as the Junior Nobel Prize, the Science Talent Search is […]
Until we read the latest issue of New Yorker (March 2, 2009) a short while ago, we’d never heard of Rudresh Mahanthappa. Nor of Kadri Gopalnath. Nor of Vijay Iyer. Boy, are we happy that we read that New Yorker piece by Gary Giddins titled Passage to India that goes ga-ga over Rudresh Mahanthappa. Listen, […]
In the third bailout of Shitty Bank oops Citibank, the U.S. Treasury Department plans to convert $25 billion of its preferred securities into common stock provided other private holders agree to the same terms. If the latest round of bailout goes through, the U.S. government’s stake in Shitty Bank will rise to 36% from 8% […]