(For SI Blog reader Kreacher) A riveting and ultimately moving tale of two young boys in Kabul set against the depressing backdrop of political violence and the frayed social fabric of Afghanistan, Kite Runner is a film of stunning beauty. And of horrific cruelty in its stark depiction of life in the war-torn land. Kite Runner […]
Exclusive: My Tryst with 72-Virgins by Osama bin Laden Shortly after 9/11 mastermind and Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden’s death at the hands of CIA and American Navy Seals in Pakistan, U.S. President Barack Obama addressed the nation from the East Room: Obama Addresses the Nation Here is President Obama’s complete address to the […]
Tis’ true that God hates all Indians. But God has reserved his most potent fury and venom for the Telugu peoples by depriving them of the gene that appreciates or discerns those beautiful things known as art, class and culture. If class came and slapped Telugus hard on the face, those crass jackasses wouldn’t recognize […]
With our hearts in our mouth, we gingerly stepped into a theater on the East Coast to watch the first show of Dum Maro Dum. Given Abhishek Bachchan’s pitiful record at delivering entertainers, our caution and hesitation was understandable. Except for us, the 106-seat theater for the opening show of Dum Maaro Dum (directed by […]
In all fairness, Chapter 2 of Lelyveld’s book Great Soul should rightly be described as the Latrine and Feces Chapter given its preoccupation with turds. So, if you are the sort that gets a hard-on by how Gandhi was repulsed by the stench of the human shit at the Calcutta session of the Indian National […]
I believe in walking alone. I came alone in this world, I have walked alone in the valley of the shadow of death, and I shall quit alone, when the time comes. – Mohandas Gandhi, echoing words from a song by the poet Rabindranath Tagore, quoted in Great Soul by Joseph Lelyveld p.7 By now, […]