For over four decades now, it’s been apparent to all but the completely blind or the utterly senile that India is a blundering, doddering mockery of a democracy that has totally lost its way. A soft state, to borrow Gunnar Myrdal’s terminology, where the government institutions have become so weak and corruption so endemic that […]
Egyptian coolies have thrown down the gauntlet to our desi coolies on handling the White Man’s IT chores and back-office operations. Egypt, a country ruled with an iron fist by U.S. ally Hosni Mubarak, says it’s leading the charge to make Africa an attractive market for outsourcing. (Although American media and movies routinely caricature Egypt […]
Forget house calls. In America, it’s hard to get doctors to even pay attention to you, whether you have insurance or lack it. The greedy swines are forever looking at the clock, hoping to  squeeze in as many people into their hectic schedules as inhumanly possible. (Indian doctors in America are among the worst. They […]
Unless the American people are complete idiots, we’re going to see a landslide victory for Barack Obama on November 4. No, we do not believe Americans are all blithering idiots (because then we’d be labelling ouselves as dolts). Having watched the debates, the campaigns, the talking heads on television and seen the opinion polls, we […]
Next in line to get screwed big time in the U.S. is the healthcare system, by which we mean the American doctors and hospitals. The big question is will India stand to gain from the collapse of the American healthcare system or will other nations like Singapore, Mexico, Israel, Phillipines or Poland reap the benefits. As […]
Nayantara, Aamir Khan (in the forthcoming movie Ghajini), Amrita Arora, Saif Ali Khan, Lara Dutta, Sanjay Dutt, John Abraham, Esha Deol ….the tattoo-ed list of the Indian glitterati goes on and on ad nauseum, ad infinitum. Forget the Bollywood and Kollywood stars, who in any case thrive on the oxygen of publicity. Even a sober Jewish friend of […]