Whither India on the Net

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 […]

Paradesi Box Office Report – Miserable

UK Tamils have raised their middle finger to Bala’s latest movie Paradesi. Is this the beginning of the end for Bala whose reputation has rested on producing “realistic” films on the subalterns (people living on the margins of society)? Related Stories Paradesi Review – Bala Moons Yet Again

Where Do Old Films End Up in America?

This morning we’d gone to our local Walmart to pick up some Silk Chocolate Soymilk. We were prowling around the Super Walmart when our eyes fell upon a strange sight. A huge bin of DVDs of old Hollywood films for 96-cents each. We rummaged through the movie bin to see if there were any decent […]

Paradesi Review – Bala Moons Yet Again

by Madmax673 Summary – A flat out mockery of the struggles of tea plantation workers. Hmm… ennatha solla (what else to say?) Indha Kollywood karunkaali paya Bala marubadiyum marubadiyum sootha kaatran (this Kollywood empty dickhead moons at us over and over again). Folks, say what you want to say – a dude who doesn’t know […]

I am NOT GUILTY – Raghunandan Yandamuri

Telugu bidda Raghunandan Yandamuri today cold-bloodedly decided to prolong the agony of the Vennas, whose lives he turned upside down by killing their 10-month-old daughter Saanvi Venna and the baby’s 61-year-old grandmother Satyavathi Venna in their King of Prussia apartment on October 22, 2012. At his formal arraignment in the court room of Judge Steven […]