We’ve never been great fans of Indian IT giant Wipro’s Chairman Azim Premji. But tonight, as we slowly sip our White Russian into a stupor the old man Premji is our hero. Really. In a blistering attack penned in an Indian newspaper, Premji belatedly questions in rhetorical style the wisdom of a poor country like […]
Never let it be said that the Bollywood actor Shiva Natarajan f*cks up only his Indian restaurants with intolerably poor hygiene. No sir, no. Our garrulous blah blah blah chatterbox Shiva is determined to prove that when it comes to bad hygiene practices his Thai NYC restaurant is as bad or worse than his Indian […]
We’ve lost track of the billions our nation (i.e. the U.S.) hands out to Pakistan every year by way of aid. Over the last several decades, billions and billions of our tax-payer dollars have flown into Pakistan in arms, flood relief, earthquake relief, health-care, food and other forms of U.S. aid far too numerous to […]
Of course, where there are Indians there’s bound to be something weird lurking in the background. Isn’t that why we call the country Incredible India. 😉 Sui Generis Exports When it comes to exports, you can’t beat Indians. You see, India has always been very aggressive and at the front of the line. No matter, […]
For a TV channel that’s supposed to have a major presence in India, NDTV’s application for the iPhone 4 has turned out to be a mighty big disappointment. We downloaded the application sometime back and have been playing with it on and off for the last few days. The version we’re running on our iPhone […]
Raavan Box Office: Disaster, Act of God, Pathetic The Bollywood monkeys are out of the cage, again. And their antics in the new Hindi film Raavan are evoking nothing but scorn, withering scorn, from some critics. King-sized disappointment, waste, uninspiring, mediocre and silly are only some of the epithets Indian movie critics are hurling at […]