In all the euphoria about the success of Oscar winner Slumdog Millionaire (a fairytale rags-to-riches love story of a Mumbai slumdweller Jamal), we tend to forget the real ‘slumdogs’ of India. In the latest issue of the New Yorker (February 23, 2009, p.22-29), Katherine Boo has a must-read piece about 13-year-old Sunil, a real ‘slumdog’ […]
The latest instalment of Incredible India with those only in India stories begins with a tragic, depressing tale and ends with an inspiring account. * Submit to Molestation or Die. After failing in his attempts to molest a 14-year-old girl, a thug in Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh state) set the girl on fire causing her death. Here’s an […]
Delhi 6 Review – A Meaningless Kaleidoscope Folks, Delhi 6 has opened to bad reviews. Is anyone out there surprised that an Abhishek Bachchan movie has opened to poor reviews? We’re sure you all remember the Drona disaster. Delhi 6 has yet to release in the U.S. but here’s a sample of reviews from Indian newspapers: Live […]
The latest instalment of Incredible India focuses on the atrocities by the Indian police and starts with an Only-in-India story of the rape of a rape victim by the police (no typo there, we mean rape of a rape victim). * Anyone who is the least bit familiar with India knows that many members of the […]
Lo, here comes the eighth instalment of Incredible India. * Shahrukh Khan has shaved the word ‘barber‘ in hoarding ads for his upcoming movie Billu Barber following protests from the barbers. Here’s an excerpt from the TOI story: After courting controversy days ahead of its release, Shah Rukh Khan’s latest film ‘Billu Barber’ will see […]
India is truly fertile soil for a cornucopia of those weird only-in-India stories. Here’s instalment 7 of Incredible India. * A sick man in the South Indian state of Kerala died after the dilapidated stretcher on which he was placed broke into two and he fell to the ground. If the end result wasn’t so […]