Hoysala – Manna from Heaven in New Jersey

If the poet William Wordsworth had dined at Hoysala in Somerset (New Jersey), he’d have modified the famous lines in his poem to read: Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive but to be hungry at Hoysala was very heaven. Most Indian restaurants in the U.S. are like our Bollywood movies. The skimpily-clad […]

Indian IT Stocks Walloped in 2008

Stocks of several major Indian software firms including Satyam, Infosys, Wipro, Tata Consultancy Services and Patni have taken a severe beating this year and are currently trading close to their 52-week lows reflecting serious investor concerns about the future growth prospects. Take a look at how the stocks of some prominent Indian software companies have […]

Where did Bollywood go Wrong?

The below post first took birth as a comment by a SearchIndia.com blog reader szm on the Bachna Ae Haseeno thread. To give it greater visibility, we are reproducing it below as a separate post. ————————————-  Dear Searchindia and all other bloggies Refering to the latest “offering” from the YRF camp, namely BAH (actually should be “BLAH”), […]

The Bicycle Thief – A Minor Italian Classic

In an age of $400 iPods, $300 iPhones and $200 Nikes, nobody gives a flying f*@# for a bicycle anymore. Not even a desperate Italian thief. But there was a time and day in Italy – in the not too distant past – when a bicycle was a big draw for a thief in Italy. […]

Ericsson Embraces TCS Coolies; Screws Swedes

Showing the middle finger to Swedish IT workers, Ericsson has inked a five-year contract with India’s Tata Consultancy Services to provide application maintenance and development services for Ericsson’s internal IT operations. Like their American counterparts, Nordic companies are increasingly hopping on to the outsourcing bandwagon. The value of the contract was not disclosed.

U.S. Screws Indian Drug Firm Ranbaxy; Bans 30 Drugs on Safety, Quality Grounds

Citing “serious manufacturing deficiencies” at plants belonging to Indian drug manufacturer Ranbaxy, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has banned import of over 30 different generic drugs from the company. The Ranbaxy plants under fire are located at Dewas and Paonta Sahib in India. The FDA also sent out two warning letters to Ranbaxy, the […]

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