When it comes to web programming or any kind of programming, a lot of people tend to instinctively think of the Coolies aka Indians. The fraud-laden H1B, B1 and L1 Visa programs, large-scale outsourcing to India and Coolie factories like Infosys, Wipro and TCS have made Indians synonymous with programming skills. Increasingly, Indians are held […]
By size, South Korea is smaller than the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu (100,000 sq km vs 130,000 sq km). In terms of population, Tamil Nadu has 72-million people versus 49 million for South Korea. The Tamil film industry and its larger Bollywood sibling make scores of films every year, most of them unwatchable […]
By Boopalan Lately, we’ve grown tired of our familiar dining haunts in Chennai, the Saravanaa Bhavans, the Sangeethas, the Vasantha Bhavans and the Anjappars. We thirsted and hungered for a change. And so, when the suggestion came from SI to review Chennai’s famed Murugan Idli Shop, a 100% vegetarian South Indian restaurant, we smacked our […]
By Naveen Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, People of all ages – SI brings to you the first comprehensive review on the Internet of the new Tamil Film “Avan Ivan” (starring Vishal, Arya, G.M. Kumar, Janani Iyer, Madhu Shalini and Ambika. Director: Bala). Director Bala – True Elements After directing alleged “gems” like Pitamagan […]
By Naveen The movie print has not arrived at Anil Ambani’s Big Cinemas theater in Chicago. We went to Big Cinemas for the 7:30 pm show and the girl at the snacks counter (where they also sell the tickets) lied to us that only the 1:20 pm show was on today. After we yelled at them, […]
Super 8 is one of those movies where the exciting promise of the trailer is belied by the prosaic reality of the film. We had seen the intriguing trailer a bunch of times and so went over today to the mall brimming with high hopes. As the old saying goes, there’s many a slip betwixt […]