Incredible India 65 – 10+1 Most Pressing Concerns

As a young 64-year-old poor nation with 500-million half-starving souls, India has many concerns, diverse constituencies to address. But none more pressing or of more importance than the following: 10. Long wait for some cars. Diesel versions of the Swift hatchback and Dzire sedan from Maruti, Fortuner and Innova from Toyota, XUV500 from Mahindra, Jazz […]

iPhone 4S Comes to Albania & Armenia but Not India

Most of our readers would not be able to locate Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Montenegro or Malta on the map. Yet, these countries will soon get Apple’s new iPhone 4S. But India, Incredible India draws a blank. India is clearly not on Apple’s list of priority countries for product launches. Be it the latest model iPhone […]

Internet Download Speeds – India Pitiful, U.S. Decent

If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a million times. On all the things that matter, India is the pits. Be it tackling poverty, addressing corruption, making watchable movies or fast Internet access the benighted country is hopeless. Take for instance, Internet download speeds. Despite the incessant noise about India harnessing IT and the […]

Incredible India 62: Have No Pillow, Use Severed Legs

There’s no end to the inhumanity of daily life in India. Depravity and inhumanity that you cannot imagine anywhere else in this vast universe is a daily occurrence in India. Even by the depraved Indian standards, the following account is gruesome and barbaric. Soren Tudu, an unfortunate poor man who lost his legs in a […]

Incredible India 62 – Wife’s Blood Makes Him Strong

Man, it’s been a month since SI’s last installment of Incredible India, those only in India real-life stories. Here we go with another episode. * All these years, we deluded ourselves into believing that the way to get strong is to eat nutritious food and visit the gym regularly. Hell, what do we know! SI […]