All governments violate the basic rights of their citizens in the interests of the powerful and the wealthy. Nothing new about it. Right through history, it’s been that way whatever be the form of government in any country you look at. India, China, Nazi Germany, Vietnam, Argentina, Chile, Cuba, South Africa, Pol Pot’s Cambodia, the […]
Distressing! No, a catastrophe is the better way to describe India’s tryst with the Internet. We’re not talking of a looming catastrophe but one that’s already upon us. Save as a catastrophe, there’s no other way to describe Internet usage and penetration in India. Source: World Startup Report, March 19, 2013 Forget the unbridgeable chasm […]
A few days back, we were blessed enough to watch the lovely Japanese film Kikujiro (1999). As if writing and directing this jewel was not a generous enough gift to viewers, Takeshi Kitano also donned the greasepaint for a key role in the film. Even if you’ve not seen Kikujiro, surely you are aware of […]
Most Tamil films skid into one of two categories – Real Bad (usually featuring Surya, Karthi, Vijay, Simbhu, Vombhu, Kombhu et al) and the Disgustingly, Hopelessly, Offensively, Obscenely Bad (buffoons like Ajith, Trisha and Vishal are fixtures in this genre). Since some of my readers have been lately wetting their jetties over a 17-year-old film […]
Thanks to remarkable marketing, New York City received 11 million foreign visitors in 2012. Let’s not kid ourselves here about the so-called attractions of New York City. Other than the Broadway shows, a bunch of good museums and Ellis Island (Statue of Liberty), New York City does not really have much to boast of. Unlike […]
Jail for Telugu Groper Srinivasa Erramilli Telugu sex offender Srinivasa Erramilli has scored a hat-trick, albeit a dubious hat-trick, for sexual misbehavior with women on three occasions in America while on a flight. An Illinois jury convicted Erramilli Thursday of sexually groping the inner thigh of a Chicago area woman while they were seated next […]