Hell. we can hardly recognize our country (U.S., not India) anymore. You see, we live in strange times. A Black man occupies the White House! Democrats are losing support of their core base. And now comes the startling news that Americans are producing fewer bastards (i.e. illegitimate children) and teens are making fewer babies. Is […]
If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a gazillion times – that creature Anushka Sharma is not Bollywood star material. Maybe, an extra at the back of a crowd scene. We’re reminded of what Stalin once told Lenin’s wife. In a fury, the Russian leader told Lenin’s wife that just because she used the […]
Ilaya-thalai-illadhi-pathi of Punnaku Pandi movies fame (see end of this post) is a haunted soul these days. Before we get started, let’s anoint our beloved Kollywood actor General Punnaku Pandi (in deference to a character Punnaku Pandi in one of his movies). After all, a General without a noun is like a decorated soldier without […]
Well, 2010 is certainly turning out to be annus horribilis for some NYC Indian restaurateurs. At least six well-known NYC Indian restaurants, some belonging to prominent groups, have called it quits in 2010. Among the NYC Indian fatalities are the high-end Tabla (shutting down at the end of this year), A Desi Diner (belonging to […]
Social networking web site Facebook, which lets little twits with lotsa time on their hands exchange silly little notes on their babies, their babes, their boyfriends and other equally inane subjects, is valued at $41 billion. This would make Facebook the third largest online business by valuation, after Google and Amazon.com. A Bloomberg report today […]
Apple’s iPad, which has had the Tablet field for itself since it debuted six months back, is getting its first real competition with the launch Samsung’s Galaxy Tab. In what must surely be welcome news to Samsung’s designers, both the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times have given the Galaxy Tab favorable reviews […]