I have mixed feelings about Million Dollar Arm, the new Disney film about two slumdogs (Indians) who make it into major league baseball in America. The film claims to be based on a true story (of two Indian youngsters Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel who were picked in a contest in India, came and trained […]
Young Indian teens in America are often derided as socially awkward geeks who have a hard time fitting in with their non-Asian peers. But one thing Indian kids know, and know well, is how to keep their legs tightly clamped together. Or Indians, Chinese, Koreans, Pakis, Nepalis and Bangladeshis are more adept at birth control […]
One reason and one reason alone prompted me to watch The Big Picture (2010, director Eric Lartigau) when I stumbled upon the French movie in the Netflix Instant cornucopia. After I spotted Romain Duris’s name in the cast, the decision about seeing the film was no longer “Should I?” My mouse cursor hit the “Play” […]
Obama Launches New Program for Blacks According to an article in the British newspaper Guardian today, 72% of Black babies in the U.S. are born out of wedlock In other words, nearly three-fourths of Black babies in America are bastards. Blacks in America are said to be witnessing a serious collapse of the family system. […]
If mislabeling was a criminal offense in Bollywood, Gunday producer Aditya Chopra’s sorry ass would be scraping jail floors right now for cheating the public en masse. I’ve seen many Chutiyas in Bollywood but none so brazen as Aditya Chopra (the non-steroid biceps, less retarded offspring of the late jalebiwallah Yash Chopra who strayed into Bollywood) […]
Since I found sleep hard to come by, I got off the bed and picked up an old issue of New Yorker (January 20, 2014). While leafing through the magazine, I hit upon an article on pediatric palliative care that had eluded my eyes during the first reading last month. Lives Less Ordinary by Harvard […]