Long before the Mallika Sherawats and Rakhi Sawants were born, there was Zeenat Aman, her sumptuous bosom, voluptuous figure and all. The ultimate oomph girl of the 1970s, Zeenat Aman, or Zeenie Baby as she was fondly referred to in the desi filmi magazines, was your Hollywood pinup girls Betty Grable, Gloria Swanson, Ava Gardner and Hedy […]
Stocks of several major Indian software firms including Satyam, Infosys, Wipro, Tata Consultancy Services and Patni have taken a severe beating this year and are currently trading close to their 52-week lows reflecting serious investor concerns about the future growth prospects. Take a look at how the stocks of some prominent Indian software companies have […]
Latest reports from Indian newspapers suggest that the party may be coming to an end for Indian software developers whose rise has corresponded with a steady decline in fortunes for American programmers. India’s leading daily The Times of India reports that Satyam Computers could fire up to 4,500 employees, about 9% of the company’s 51,000 […]
In the evening of our lives, few things strike us as revolutionary. But if anything deserves the characterization of revolutionary, it’s Apple’s App Store. Launched just three months back, Apple’s App Store has become wildly popular. So popular, according to Apple that users have downloaded over 100 million applications in three months. Yes, folks that’s […]
Travel writer Paul Theroux is in the news again – for his new book Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, which re-creates the epic 25,000 mile train odyssey the author first undertook in the mid-1970s and chronicled in the bestseller The Great Railway Bazaar (published in 1975). Around 1975, Theroux rode trains across India including a trip […]
Yes, we think broadband will kill the DVD and video stores. Starting today, viewers should be able to rent or purchase movies online from Amazon.com and watch them on some models of the Sony Bravia TV sets through the Bravia Internet Video Link device. Earlier today, LG launched the BD300 Blu-ray player ($400) that also […]