Finito! Our favorite brick and mortar book store chain, the troubled Borders Group is shutting down after failing to find any bidders. Over the years, we’ve lost track of the number of books we’ve purchased at Borders stores in NY, NJ, PA, CA, DE and MD. Not just for books, we headed to Borders for […]
After a gap of about three years, India’s commercial capital Mumbai was rocked by a series of blasts this evening (Indian time). Indian media reports say 21 people died in the blasts. Another 141 were injured and have been admitted to KEM, JJ and other hospitals in Mumbai. Apparently, the explosions were triggered by Improvised […]
Most humans are beasts with little humanity in them. Of that, we’ve always been convinced. And so would all thinking people be, if only they dared to look around with a thinking eye. But the scale of Man’s inhumanity and callousness toward fellow humans never ceases to surprise even one so cynical as yours truly. […]
When your restaurant is Spice Zone (Rt-27, Edison, NJ), baby, the least you can do is spice it up. You know, give us a burning, tingling, sexy sensation. 😉 Spiceless Charade Alas, alas, Spice Zone turned out to be a spice-less travesty that dashed all our hopes on the hard rock of a mediocre kitchen. […]
By Sonny Chatrath As an aspiring film-maker and actor, I hate to speak badly about another artist’s work, but movies like Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap make me scratch my head – Why do people waste so much time, and effort on projects that lack any artistic merit or entertainment value? I can honestly write a […]
(For SI Blog readers Boopalan, VJ Cool, KD and others) No, we wouldn’t go so far as trashing V for Vendetta. A watchable movie with some interesting dialogs, V for Vendetta (a 2006 film based on the eponymous DC Comics series) raised our hopes a few minutes into the movie that it could well be […]