Brazil’s state-run public health system will pay even for sex-change operations. Brazil’s Health Ministry said Saturday that the public health system would provide free sex-change operations to citizens in compliance with a court order. Brazilian lawyers successfully argued that sexual reassignment surgery is covered under a constitutional clause guaranteeing medical care as a basic right. Transsexuals are […]
Indian software giant Tata Consultancy Services strongly denied infringing on the intellectual property of American healthcare management software provider Epic Systems. TCS and its U.S. affiliate Tata America International Corporation recently suffered a severe blow when they lost a lawsuit filed by Verona, Wisconsin based Epic Systems. The Madison, Wisconsin jury then ordered TCS/Tata America […]
TCS North America Office When we think of big thieves, Indians invariably think of Bollywood and its smaller siblings Kollywood, Tollywood etc or our cricket players stealing the thrill of a real match from fans by selling out to the betting mafia. But people don’t seem to realize that the really big Indian thieves are […]
Impeccably written, beautifully enacted, frequently funny and charmingly photographed, Le Week-End (2013) is an absolute treat. British director Roger Michell directed this delightful film based on the story by Hanif Kureshi (of My Beautiful Laundrette and the Buddha of Suburbia fame). How I stumbled upon this gem I can’t recollect now but I’m glad I […]
Apple Watch Has Apple become an unstoppable, unrivalled money-minting juggernaut? Already a powerful force in smartphones, tablets, desktops, laptops, apps and music downloads, the digital media goliath today extended its appeal with customers by introducing two new iPhone models with bigger displays, an Apple Pay mobile payment service and the Apple Watch. Although Android devices […]
I’ve started drinking again (I swear on Swaminarayan, Jesus & Balaji). My health be damned! Remember those hot U.S. desi babes Ankita and Madhuri with their crazy cockamamie idea about an Indian mealkit service Saffron Fix (they ship you the spices and vegetables and you do the cooking and cleaning). Saffron Fix debuted on the crowdfunding […]