Barack Obama is not a saint. Truth be said there are no saints in the world. Only evildoers and less evildoers. But compared to a lot of scumbags out there in the world, at least once in a while Obama tries to do something good for the 99%. That’s more than can be said of […]
One of the advantages of owning an iPad is the extraordinary education we’re getting. With apps like Zite (owned by CNN) installed on the iPad, our intellectual horizons are expanding like never before. Every day, we discover important new things. 😉 And the best part is we never know what aspect of our intellect will […]
By Naveen On the unenviable lines of his past monsterpieces Tirupachi, Madurey, Villu, Sura and Vettaikkaran, Vijay has taken Tamil Cinema eight steps backward this Diwali with Velayudham. Oh, if you are one of those elitists turning your nose up at Vijay’s films, then let’s see your Brando, Al Pacino or De Niro even try […]
We’ve always considered SI readers a notch above readers of other blogs and generally above other bipeds. So, we’re conducting a simple quiz to test your General Knowledge (as it’s known in India). With sleep eluding us, we got up from bed a few minutes back, picked up a bottle of Arizona Blueberry White Tea […]
By Naveen With the engaging preview of Contagion doing the rounds on cable for the past couple of weeks, my curiosity had been whetted as to what all these A List actors were doing in the same movie. When I was asked by SI to review Contagion today, I was not going to be the […]
Aarakshan (Reservations) turned out to be a disappointment for us. Directed by Prakash Jha, one of India’s rare political film-makers, the much hyped movie is supposedly centered on the hot-button issue of reservations aka affirmative action that allows less qualified candidates from lower castes to get government jobs and seats in colleges via special quotas. […]