Quote of the Day – Douglas Devananda

The Sri Lankan situation is once again causing needless tensions in Tamil Nadu with every Vijay, Ajith, Rajini and podi paya trying to outdo the other in proving his support for the Tamils across the Palk Strait. Chennai newspaper The Hindu has an interesting interview with Sri Lanka’s Social Welfare Minister Douglas Devananda on the […]

Quote of the Day – Anand Giridharadas

What New York is to America and London to England, Mumbai is to India. Only 100 times magnified. So many millions of words have been said on this teeming metropolis that it seems doubtful anything – forget interesting – could ever be left unsaid about Mumbai. Heck, no. Good writers have the ability to always […]

Quote of the Day – Narayana Murthy

Concerned about the impact on those lucrative outsourcing contracts from the U.S., Indian CEOs are likely peeing in their trousers following Barack Obama’s victory in the U.S. Presidential polls. This is what Infosys co-founder and Chief Mentor N.R.Narayana Murthy had to say: We believe Obama to be a pragmatic leader who understands that American industry […]

Quotes of the Day – Ratnasiri Wickramanayake

We view the recent protests, hunger strikes and other such nonsense by Tamil film stars and other sections in Tamil Nadu on behalf of the Tamils in Sri Lanka as nothing more than a veiled effort and a ruse to give the terrorist outfit LTTE time to recoup their strength after their severe battering by […]

Quote of the Day – Bill Maher

We’re great fans of the irrreverent talk show host Bill Maher. As we were channel-flipping a few minutes ago, we were delighted to see Bill Maher being interviewed by Mike Huckabee on Fox News (of all channels, who’d have thought). Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Human beings are tribal by nature and religion makes […]

Quote of the Day – Vladimir Nabokov

Here are the opening lines from one of the most famous – and controversial – books in the English language: LOLITA, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta; the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. […]